How to Use cottonwood in a Sentence

cottonwood

noun

• The cottonwoods creak amid the steady flow of the river, a dulcet tone in the desert.
  — Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
• Mired in the thick clay, mesquite and cottonwood trees died.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
• All that survived now were old mesquite and cottonwood trees on the edges of the land.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• Those are the seeds of the cottonwood tree, which are shed every year around this time.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• The sycamore, elm, and cottonwood trees bring out the charm and stunning colors many flock to see.
  — Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2020
• The leaves of the cottonwood trees made a brittle, crackling sound.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• The trails are lined with large sycamore, black walnut and cottonwood trees.
  — Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• Look down 150 feet to the forest floor below with a mix of pines, oaks and cottonwoods.
  — Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2017
• The days of cottonwood trees in Highland's parks and along its streets are numbered.
  — Craig Lyons, Post-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2018
• The birds nest near large bodies of water in large trees such as sycamores, oaks, and cottonwoods.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 4 Feb. 2020
• No wind, So that stirring in the cottonwood Must be a warbler.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020
• On May 30, a cottonwood fire that started near the garage behind his spread to the second floor of his garage.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
• In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
  — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Outside of town, groves of oak and cottonwood mark where farmsteads used to be.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• Across the alley, the breeze rippling the leaves in a three-story cottonwood sighs like a wave dying on a beach.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2020
• And you, Eastern cottonwood of Clinton, and sycamore of Dutchess!
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022
• Drought has harmed the preserve’s cottonwood trees too.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• On his commute to work, Jonah Gage strapped spikes to his boots and clipped his chain saw to his waist at the base of an 80-foot cottonwood tree.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2021
• Take a tour of ranch headquarters or stroll through the cottonwood trees shading the wash and try to guess how many movies have been filmed here.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
• Walk the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, just out of town, 612 acres of native shortgrass rolling away to the sky and down to a stand of cottonwood.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• Mesquite trees don’t throw a lot of shade and cottonwoods throw theirs only near water.
  — Steve Russell, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2017
• In Canada, its key species is the balsam poplar, or cottonwood.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• Over the past decade, the cottonwoods and willows that were planted have grown into a forest that teems with wildlife.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• The balloons float above the cottonwood trees, downstream of the paddlers, the colorful flock filling the sky.
  — Fortune, 28 Sep. 2019
• To the east, miles in the distance, lays a broad valley, and within it a streak of dark green—the willows and cottonwoods of Cienega Creek, which flows all year.
  — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
• Drive right through the Verde River and then ramble beneath sycamore and cottonwood trees on off-road trails.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2023
• And under it, too: On his left arm was a tattoo of the cottonwood tree that stood in his grandmother’s yard.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• The children also climbed in a makeshift treehouse in a gnarled cottonwood by the river, playing on a rope swing.
  — Ian James Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• The wetland attracts birds, such as coots and tricolored blackbirds, and also recharges the aquifer that the roots of cottonwoods and willows tap into.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
• Unlike cottonwood, which grows along the water's edge and is displaced by the giant reed, Arundo donax offers minimal shading.
  — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024