How to Use hemlock in a Sentence

hemlock

noun
  • Socrates died after drinking hemlock.
  • The trails wind through a hemlock glen, old white pines and past three lakes.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2017
  • The pest, which can kill hemlock trees in four to 10 years, spreads on wildlife and by wind.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
  • Among them, the thousand-year-old cedar, spruce, and hemlock are some of the world’s largest.
    Clarissa Dawes, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Stands of hemlocks and spruce stretched deep into the woods.
    Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The rattle is about the size of a tambourine, with a round frame of hemlock wood.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2019
  • The forest is filled with white pines, hemlocks and oaks.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • If the location is on the east or north side, a hemlock would work.
    Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The cost of hemlock bark dust has gone from $35 a cubic yard to $60 a cubic yard.
    oregonlive, 11 July 2021
  • Moss covers the rock outcroppings, the gnarled and twisted root of the hemlocks and the boulders in the stream.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 17 May 2017
  • Now through March is a good time to inspect hemlock trees.
    cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • There, somewhere under the dense cover of hemlock and maple, beech and pine, the truck came to a stop.
    Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • The hemlock, maple, oak, beech and tulip trees are awash in crimson, orange and gold.
    John Pana, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The soil is rocky and thin, and our house is surrounded by forests of maple, beech, birch, and hemlock that shade out the light.
    Christopher Ketcham, Outside Online, 20 May 2020
  • My hemlock has lots of white stuff on the branches between the needles.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The hemlocks along the brook are old and massive and give the forest an old-growth quality.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 5 July 2019
  • The birds spend the night in the Chugach Mountains near town, maybe huddling under a hemlock canopy for cover.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Or in medieval England, you were supposed to put a piece of hemlock in your sock and walk around with it.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The site was located on a tranquil cove whose shores were thick with hemlock and cedar.
    Rafal Gerszak, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Named for the thick forest of fir, hemlock, maples, and cedars, the area was cleared for growing settlements.
    Daniel Scheffler, Spin, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Trail of Cedars near Avalanche Creek is a mile-long loop that goes through an old-growth cedar and hemlock forest, perfect for all ages.
    Justin Franz, The Know, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Here is a link with pictures of hemlock and the water hemlock for your review.
    oregonlive, 29 May 2022
  • Reishi is a shiny, red saucer that looks like a Wizard of Oz prop and grows on decaying hemlock trees.
    Kat Stoeffel, The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Where trees have fallen, new-growth maple, cherry and hemlock are poking through the earth.
    Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
  • Some species, such as hemlock and cedar, have thin bark and readily succumb to fire.
    Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Trees like Doug-fir, Western hemlock and pines can host this disease.
    oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Within it, the roots of hemlock and cypress trees snake out over the ground through a blanket of moss, and trails lead to deep caverns filled with ice.
    Patrick Harrington, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
  • The Hemlock Negroni—who knew hemlock was potable?—makes for a good nightcap.
    Elizabeth Dunn, WSJ, 15 June 2018
  • The Trail of Cedars near Avalanche Creek is a milelong loop that goes through an old-growth cedar and hemlock forest, perfect for all ages.
    Justin Franz, Houston Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The trail strings together several gems: colorful 200-foot sandstone cliffs, pristine stretches of beach, and hemlock and pine forests.
    Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2024

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