How to Use bough in a Sentence

bough

noun

• Stars drop to the Earth like fruit falling from the boughs of a tree.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2017
• This may sound silly, but many spruce trees have boughs to the ground.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 Sep. 2017
• Instead look through the trees that are open, in terms of both their boughs and their flaws.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2016
• Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la.
  — Sarah Kuta, The Know, 29 Nov. 2019
• Trim an evergreen and dress the boughs down the center of the table.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 10 Oct. 2017
• This season, deck the halls with boughs of holly—and bouts of laughter!
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 27 Aug. 2019
• The nightingale sang just before midnight, as if it were perched in the boughs of the dripping tree in the car park.
  — Deborah Levy, The Cut, 1 July 2018
• Dollops of snow balance on the tops scraggly oaks and boughs of pitch pine.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• Non-surfers could find shade or solitude under the trees’ boughs.
  — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 8 June 2017
• In one photo, the fireplace mantle is lit up with twinkly lights and a thick swath of pine boughs.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• So, deck the halls with boughs of books this holiday season.
  — John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2019
• Be sure to spend some time under the boughs of the huge pines and explore every nook and cranny of the small island.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• The sight of boughs of holly and string lights can warm you even in the coldest temperatures.
  — Katrina Brown Hunt, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
• Scotch pine gets knotty, so may have some curve to the stem, and the boughs of white pine aren’t quite as stiff as some of their counterparts.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
• This shelter is a great addition to a tarp hammock or strung up over a springy bough bed.
  — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
• The white pines are huge with much of their boughs high up leaving a skeleton of a trunk and branches underneath.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• Mini trees and wreaths spruce up the Red Room of the White House, with a coordinating bough over the fireplace.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE Decor, 30 Nov. 2016
• Events and art exhibits often have been held under its boughs, the agency says.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• To feed sparrows and finches, hang this Droll Yankees feeder up on a tree bough.
  — Susan Cosier, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• Then toss on a massive pile of live evergreen boughs and needles.
  — Tim MacWelch, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2019
• Fill the boughs with small apples, kumquats, and vintage-style ornaments.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
• Add some pizzazz to your garland display by allowing the ends of the bough to drape gracefully on the floor.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2022
• With black, soulful eyes that matched his coat, the creature had green boughs adorned with ornaments wrapped around his long, stiff neck.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 24 Dec. 2019
• Stop by and ask for an armful of boughs to take home, then use a heavy-duty floral wire to fix them together.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• The evergreen boughs will catch snowfall and insulate the patch of dirt from winter chills.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
• Orangutans have been known to repel insects by waving a bough.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Pine needles cover the trail and the wind whispers through the pine boughs and noisily scatters the oak leaves high above as rays of sunlight shine down.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 June 2019
• Boughs from the top of that branch landed precariously on top of a neighbor’s younger tree.
  — Dana Guzzetti, The Mercury News, 2 May 2017
• The leafy bough was followed a millisecond later by a squirrel.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
• Here, mementos crafted from the bottom inch of Christmas trees from years past dangle between the boughs.
  — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024