How to Use white oak in a Sentence

white oak

noun

• The Salem Oak was the tallest white oak tree – about 103 feet – in the state at the time of its collapse.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
• He was shot in the back of the head twice before the men hanged him from a white oak tree.
  — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 June 2021
• Kitchen Humphrey opted for white oak wood in the kitchen.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2021
• Fisk and Hinshaw stained all the new white oak millwork to match the floors.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 2 Feb. 2023
• The room is now lighter and brighter, with walls sheathed in rippling beech wood and the stage clad in white oak.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• The crew still cuts down white oak and pecan trees and splits the logs in the big lot behind the old country store.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
• In their place, Blair added wide-plank French white oak floors throughout the home.
  — Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
• The acorns of the species in the white oak group germinate soon after dropping in the fall.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
• The den has Eastern white oak and French doors that open to a north-facing porch.
  — oregonlive, 20 May 2021
• Windows now line the east wall, so sunshine streams over the white oak floor.
  — Anne Brockhoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• New custom white oak flooring was installed to match the rest of the home.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 16 Apr. 2022
• Off came the polyurethane coating on our white oak floors and the heavy curtains in the dining room.
  — Lauren McBrayer, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
• The nine-foot-tall front glass pivot door leads to rooms with wide-plank white oak floors.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• Chinkapin oaks, like bur oaks, are of the white oak family.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021
• The red and white oak used for the mirrors, stools, and shelves are set against a mostly white box-style room.
  — Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
• Rows of white oak and pecan firewood are stacked floor-to-ceiling.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 14 July 2022
• Last spring that white oak still had its brown autumn leaves.
  — baltimoresun.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• And then using a white oak and that sort of thing and playing around with cherry.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• Flooring: Both experts say that wide-plank white oak is the choice du jour.
  — Washington Post, 25 May 2021
• Above the handsome new white oak floor are large lozenge-like hanging lamps.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2021
• The nest is high in a white oak tree on private property near a stream.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
• Now reduced to a stump, the white oak tree that once served as a gallows sits in the cellar of a bar on Main Street.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
• Beneath the staircase is a recess daybed built out of white oak.
  — Monica Mercuri, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2021
• The jute and cotton rug continues the pattern and color of the white oak floor.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
• The floors are made of white oak, red hardwood and stone imported from Texas.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022
• From the exterior, the steel frame is clad in white oak and copper.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
• The pools are set within a plaza planted with swamp white oak trees, a native species in all three of the 9/11 crash sites.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
• All of the white oak for the floors was also sourced from within a 200-mile radius of the property.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
• The master suite has suede panel walls, wide-plank white oak floors and a balcony.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020
• Floors are lined in wide-plank white oak and walls are finished in Venetian plaster.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024