How to Use Norway spruce in a Sentence

Norway spruce

noun
  • Williams, as a tree, is more of a Norway spruce than a Charlie Brown.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The current tree, a Norway spruce, came from West Virginia.
    Adam Carlson, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Pre-dug and balled include white pine, Norway spruce and Colorado blue spruce.
    The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The farm has six varieties to choose from blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine, Scotch pine, Cannan fir and white fir.
    Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2020
  • This year's tree is an 82-foot-tall (25-meter-tall) Norway spruce from Queensbury, New York.
    Marnie Hunter, CNN, 29 Nov. 2022
  • This Norway spruce's branches are molded from real trees and are said to be crush-resistant.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2022
  • In fact, the wood from a Norway spruce is a great material for flooring, furniture, and cabinetry.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The lighting ceremony for the Norway spruce will take place tomorrow.
    Tom Winter, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Balsam fir, concolor fir, cork bark fir, Fraser fir, Korean fir, Austrian pine, scotch pine, white pine, black hills spruce, blue spruce, Norway spruce and white spruce.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Specifically, Quincy is looking for Norway spruce, blue spruce, or other evergreen species that are between 25 and 45 feet tall and in good condition.
    Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • As a result, their response to heat stress is easier to study than that of other fir trees like the Norway spruce, which typically grows in colder regions across northern, central, and eastern Europe.
    Hahna Yoon, National Geographic, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Though tree sizes have varied over the years, the traditional Rockefeller Center tree is usually an elderly Norway spruce at least 75 feet tall and 45 feet wide, according to the center’s website.
    Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
  • If this Norway spruce looks extremely realistic, that's because the artisans at Terrain modeled it after a real, live tree.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023

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