How to Use bush in a Sentence

bush

noun
  • Next, when is the right time to prune trees and bushes?
    Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The friend saw Mason fall to the ground then ran away, tripped and tried to hide in a bush.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2023
  • As his eyes dart back and forth, a young man walks over to pee on the giant bush.
    Vulture, 8 May 2023
  • First, prune back any tall shoots sticking out from the main bush.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • As Agdal began to tear up, Paul pulled the ring out from a bush.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The blades of grass and surrounding bushes give the snow a place to shelter.
    David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Some of them, some of the children tried to hide behind these bushes.
    CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • In the Alaskan bush, everything is a matter of life or death.
    Josh Condon, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2022
  • From that lower field, there are the balls that fly into the top of the palm trees and behind some bushes to the left.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The seed comes from either a bush or vine that has bloomed and is ready to reproduce.
    USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • No one answered the door at the home last week, but a Brodeur campaign sign was tucked behind a bush at the front of the house.
    Annie Martin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Around the other side of the building, a witness was found hiding near a bush.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The front of the vehicle is also equipped with a black bush guard with spotlights.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Because, by that time, all the weeds and bushes had turned yellow.
    Hanna Flanagan, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In this video, an unidentified woman and man hide in a bush.
    NBC news, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Left unchecked, those stems can morph into something that looks like a bush.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Hypothermia is the killer that stalks the Alaskan bush, and Marsh cautioned us to keep ourselves and our gear dry.
    Philip Caputo, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2020
  • Pulling a ring out of a nearby bush, Paul watched as Agdal began to tear up.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The episode ends on a high note when Seema finds her Birkin under a bush after the thief grabbed the wallet out of it and tossed the purse itself.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 29 June 2023
  • Tripping over a rock or colliding with a bush is not fun.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • As the villain is about to kill Moser with a motorbike, Rex launches out of a bush and tackles him.
    Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • It’s got white stucco walls and a red tiled roof, and it’s framed with pretty bushes and greenery.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Best of all, frequent three-day summer weekends free up time to explore the Alaskan bush.
    Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
  • Gaon’s front yard and its debris were long shrouded in a phalanx of tall plants, bushes and large trees.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Their nests might also be in bushes, shrubs or on building rooftops.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Her design – of a bush of pink torch ginger – is inspired by her childhood.
    courant.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • And beneath your deck, and under that bush in your backyard, and likely many other places in and around your home.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Max Homa , who was sitting in second, was stomping on a bush behind the 12th green, trying to find and grab his ball.
    Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
  • My side yard is screaming for a nice, unruly hedge of rosemary bushes though.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 June 2023
  • The rain splintered on the ground and refracted off the bulbs adorning the trees and bushes around us, casting sparkling light that guided us through the dark paths.
    Helen Carefoot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023

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