Examples of scrubland in a Sentence
a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
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The SUVs file into a gravel parking area that was scratched out of the scrubland.
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Tim Neville, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
With wide beaches at the shore and scrublands inland, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) are found here—there are around 400,000 breeding adults.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
In response, tens of thousands of Brazilians left dry scrublands in the northeast and other poor areas for the lush Amazon basin -- a mass internal migration that only increased in size throughout the 1970s and beyond.
—Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
Southwest The succulent scrub and desert scrublands of the Southwest offer pacing, pain, and fragrance.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Tim Neville, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
With wide beaches at the shore and scrublands inland, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) are found here—there are around 400,000 breeding adults.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
In response, tens of thousands of Brazilians left dry scrublands in the northeast and other poor areas for the lush Amazon basin -- a mass internal migration that only increased in size throughout the 1970s and beyond.
—Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
Southwest The succulent scrub and desert scrublands of the Southwest offer pacing, pain, and fragrance.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubland. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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scrubland
noun
scrub·land
ˈskrəb-ˌland 
: land covered with scrub
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