How to Use felled in a Sentence

felled

adjective

• Their dog, a Jack Russell mix named Sparky, died when the house gave way — likely crushed by the felled roof.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
• Up on his feet and out of his crease to take away the angle, the classic style of the day, Gilbert tumbled backward in a heap like a felled bull.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• The story of Westminster Abbey began with a felled oak.
  — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• The shoots from stumps of felled coast redwoods are each capable of becoming a full-size tree.
  — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• Tale of the Tapeworm The Must Farm community harvested crops and felled trees on the closest dry land.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• The felled trees damaged several houses and cars, while winds knocked out power to thousands.
  — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Cutting logs from thick, felled trees requires a larger chainsaw.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
• Approximately 50 gallons of hydraulic fluid spilled on the site from the felled crane.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• The felled teammate headed to the exit, looking crestfallen.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• On Thanksgiving, my mother sent me a photo of a felled 16-ft. tree in southern Gaza, where my family has been sheltering these last weeks.
  — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
• The storm marked the tail of a major atmospheric river that wreaked havoc on the unhoused community and trapped a 73-year-old in her North Sacramento tent under a felled tree.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• Winds, which often accompany warm weather downpours, felled trees and tore down branches in parts of both Loudoun and western Fairfax counties.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
• Using a short boom like a claw in an arcade machine, Barcellos and his team worked for more than 20 hours, pulling out felled trees, heavy sediments, even a washing machine from the turbulent waters.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• City Supervisor Myrna Melgar was also despondent, tweeting photos of the wrecked house in a tangle of felled tree trunks and branches.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
• Scared and angry, vigilante groups are blocking off their neighborhoods with felled trees and chains, killing and burning outsiders suspected of gang membership.
  — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• Firefighters and law enforcement responded to a series of felled trees and limbs, including a eucalyptus that dropped onto the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 on the Bay Bridge, blocking the tunnel.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• The family on the felled flight is part of the Huitoto Indigenous community, one of more than 87 officially recognized Indigenous groups in Colombia.
  — Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
• Looking surprised by her own impulsivity, the wingless bird of paradise giggle-fusses over our felled friend until a bouncer muscles in to disentangle them.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
• In an attempt to obstruct their work, residents used felled trees and burning tires as makeshift barricades, preventing officials from entering the forests surrounding their villages.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024