How to Use Douglas fir in a Sentence

Douglas fir

noun

• Banks revealed that the most popular trees are the Douglas fir and the blue spruce.
  — Eric Noll, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• In the kitchen, the couple even went as far as to preserve the home’s original Douglas fir floors.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
• The water was full of surfers in wet suits; colossal Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, and cedar trees lined the shore.
  — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• But at the bottom of a 1.5-inch-deep hole in Douglas fir, just before the bit punches through, that’s where the trouble starts.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2023
• Designed by Studio Terpeluk, the walls are clad in light gray Douglas fir.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2021
• There are directories on where to visit moon trees (look for the Douglas fir in Olympia, Wash.).
  — Kathleen Yale, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Albert is a Douglas fir tree whose hope and dream is to become the most famous Christmas tree in his hometown.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• Shady’s trees are largely Douglas fir, redwoods, tanoaks and bay (laurel) with a few maples and black oaks scattered about.
  — Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
• The report also recorded 3 million dead Douglas fir trees, not a true fir species, despite the name.
  — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2023
• For a day trip, trek uphill through a mossy forest of arbutus trees and Douglas fir to the Manzanita Hut.
  — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
• Scented with Douglas fir, eucalyptus, pine, and cedar, this choice has a rustic, homey feel to it.
  — Jamie Fischer, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• Miles of rolling vineyards bump up against thick Douglas fir forests, crisscrossed with quiet backroads and dotted with down-to-earth towns.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Muir blends Douglas fir tree needles and stems with vodka and then adds syrup made from dark wildflower honey and sage leaves.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• More than 50 arches of Douglas fir, like a giant rib cage, were curved to accommodate the giant blimps.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
• And that smooth, vertical-grain Douglas fir on the ceiling is another one of the room’s striking features.
  — Dusty Parnell, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Those forests always felt a bit eerie to me, as if some damp, unfathomable energy were running from cedar to alder to Douglas fir.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2023
• There's nothing more tiring or messy than lugging a nine-foot Douglas fir into the house on a freezing winter day.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023
• There are steep rocky switchbacks, five-foot-wide paths with jarring drop-offs, and a jaunt through a forest of pinyon pine, Douglas fir, and southwestern white pine.
  — Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2023
• In the master suite of this Seattle home, the bathroom is a thoughtful retreat that connects to the rest of the home thanks to the use of similar materials, like Douglas fir wood.
  — Nena Farrell, Sunset Magazine, 2 July 2020
• Inside the house, walls that are not made of Lavacrete are Douglas fir, hung as panels that provide a softer, richer counterpoint.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2022
• The area is rich in diverse tree species, including cork bark, Douglas fir, aspen, piñon pine, blackjack pine, yellow pine, oak, juniper and cedar.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024
• The most common Christmas tree varies by region: Douglas fir is also common throughout the Mountain West.
  — Curtis Vanderschaaf, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
• The most obvious examples are the pine plantations of the South or the Douglas fir plantations of the Pacific Northwest.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
• When times are tough, deer will also turn to coniferous species including cedar, Douglas fir, hemlock, balsam fir, and pine.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2023
• Glass doors open to a patio with seating and dining, and the property continues on to a fire pit arena surrounded by Douglas fir trees.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
• The Meadowlark Treehouse, crafted around a giant Douglas fir, is where luxury and fairyland collide, all within a 30 minute drive to Glacier.
  — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Jan. 2022
• The north-south rocking walls are constructed from mass plywood panels made from spruce, pine and fir while the east-west walls are Douglas fir cross-laminated timber.
  — Todd Woody, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
• Also, Douglas fir is grown as a Christmas tree, requiring four to seven years to reach appropriate height.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 2 May 2022
• The Japanese-style fire pit and tin range hood are custom, the floor lamp is from the '70s, the sisal carpet is by Stark, the ceiling beams are Douglas fir, and a series of color lithographs from Japan are displayed along the pine wainscoting.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 29 Dec. 2022
• Rafael Soldi Kyle adds that his designs feature regional materials, like Douglas fir and Western red cedar, with wood cladding used both inside and out.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024