TREE in a Sentence

Learn TREE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

400 example sentences for TREE, such as:

1. The tree trunk was hollow inside.
2. Mary gazed at the tree and thought.
3. The wind had snapped the tree in two.
4. I can rest against the tree if I like.
5. A single tree gave shade from the sun.

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 Meanings and Examples of TREE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tree
 v.  a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was this hazy tangle from tree to tree which made it all look so mysterious.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  A boy was sitting under a tree, with his back against it, playing on a rough wooden pipe.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  They went from tree to tree and from bush to bush.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Dickon looked across the grass at the tree and Mary looked and there was a brief moment of stillness.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  Mary gazed at the tree and thought.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  "I'm going to walk to that tree," he said, pointing to one a few feet away from him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
7  I can rest against the tree if I like.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
8  He walked to the tree and though Dickon held his arm he was wonderfully steady.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
9  On the grass near the tree Mary had dropped her trowel.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  The light shone on him through the tree canopy.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  When he returned to the canopy tree his cheeks were flushed and he looked triumphant.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  But when Colin held forth under his tree old Ben fixed devouring eyes on him and kept them there.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  She was playing by herself under a tree, just as she had been playing the day the cholera broke out.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  They always bury it under a ha'nted house or on an island, or under a dead tree that's got one limb sticking out.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  ABOUT noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come for their tools.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
16  Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
17  The wind had snapped the tree in two.
18  We must do something about that dead tree, it's only a matter of time before it falls down and maybe injures somebody.
19  He tried to climb the tree, but he could not.
20  The pear tree was bowed down with the weight of its fruit.
21  They built a primitive shelter out of tree trunks.
22  The tree began to decay as soon as it was cut down.
23  The apple tree leaned to the field, dropping its flowers on the grass.
24  There was scarcely a tree left standing after the storm.
25  The tree trunk was hollow inside.
26  He broke off a twig from a willow tree and used it to shoo the flies away.
27  The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered.
28  The peach tree has an excellent blossom this year.
29  A single tree gave shade from the sun.
30  The roots of this tree go deep into the ground.