How to Use tree line in a Sentence

tree line

noun
  • The hikers had reached the tree line by noon.
  • Plans show most of the tree line along the south and west of the site has been preserved.
    Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
  • My stand was hung on the point of a tree line that was near a coyote den.
    Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • There needs to be a tree line or woods nearby, of course.
    Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
  • One man even strung a balloon 55 feet above the tree line to make his point.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2019
  • Moments later, the sun broke free from the clouds along the tree line past left field.
    Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 June 2021
  • Theo cleared, trimmed and cleaned the entire grounds and tree line of the St. Mary of the Falls Church property.
    cleveland, 26 June 2021
  • The body of Richard Hunt, 53, was found along a tree line on Dec. 7, police say in a news release.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
  • My husband can lie on a sofa, staring at the tree line and at the sky.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 30 July 2020
  • Nor are the multi-million-dollar homes that peek out from the tree line along the route.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • The next day, on their seventh attempt, the Russians took the tree line and cut the lower road, Dmytro said.
    Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Above tree line and in arid areas, no trees are available.
    Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Above the tree line, the men will risk open ground—first thistly yellow-grass hillside, then shale, then scree.
    Alex Perry, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The man's body could be seen late Monday morning face down near a tree line to the left of the old school's parking lot.
    Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2022
  • The illusion ends when the suspension tower of the great bridge pokes above the tree line.
    Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • That tree line was a highway of deer sign, with rubs and scrapes and scat everywhere.
    John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But there isn’t a tree line or gorse bushes or anything else.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
  • The sky, a tree line and a ridgeline can form a natural structure.
    Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • When Harold Jones first bought his home in Canarsie in 1991, he was struck most by the tall trees lining the street.
    Sophie Kasakove, The New Republic, 11 July 2019
  • The next, a buff-colored speck soared over the northern tree line and everything changed.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The house on McCreary Road backed up to a small hillside, with a backyard that sloped up toward the tree line.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • But on Sunday, the trees lining the streets were full of green leaves; flowers blossomed.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The woman told the officer that the man hides in the tree line and watches her vehicle.
    John Benson, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Just inside the tree line, officers found the remains of the woman’s dog.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The team could quantify the white spruce in the region with satellite imagery that shows how the tree line has changed over time.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • On the par-4 10th, known for being one of the best driveable par 4s in golf, Woods went for the green and missed left behind a cluster of trees lining the rough.
    Adam Schupak, Golfweek, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Just behind the tree line on the left is where the rocket launches would be for Spaceport Camden.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But off in the distance, in a clearing beyond the tree line, something was moving.
    Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
  • His crew opened fire on a nearby tree line as Cashe pulled the wounded from the wreckage, and others raced to smother the flames.
    Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • In the playoff, Jones worried that his drive would stay along the tree line on the right side of No. 1, but his ball bounced enough to the left to give him a clear shot from 160 yards.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2021

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