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
  • Nail any sparse hairs above the tree line with a pair of tweezers.
    Liza Corsillo, GQ, 28 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • There are no street lights, and fields of cotton, corn and citrus trees line the road.
    T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The StoryWalk® is located on the side and back of the open space fields along the tree line.
    Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
  • 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 plot is just over an acre and is separated from view of the prison by a small tree line.
    Joe Songer | Jsonger@al.com, AL.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Looking at the war records, Hartl's trees line up with the Tripitz's locations.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Hero Cow smashed straight through a metal fence, the BBC wrote, broke a worker’s arm and bounded across the farm to the tree line.
    Avi Selk, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • Yes, that Pikes Peak, the one that runs up the side of a mountain, much of it above the tree line, with few guardrails and thousand-foot drops off the side.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The solar panels appear to be screened from Luedtke's own house by a tree line.
    Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Palm trees line the wide roads of what looks like a Florida suburb.
    Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Where there was once a dense border of trees lining both sides of the road was now just branches and stumps.
    Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The sky, a tree line and a ridgeline can form a natural structure.
    Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Big Sky is famous for its size, its extreme terrain, and its long, steep cirques high above the tree line.
    Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Zielinski hurried to the window and saw flames above the tree line, and the trees were engulfed in glowing bright orange flames.
    Kathryn Muchnick, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024

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