How to Use hemlock in a Sentence

hemlock

noun

• Socrates died after drinking hemlock.
• The trails wind through a hemlock glen, old white pines and past three lakes.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2017
• The pest, which can kill hemlock trees in four to 10 years, spreads on wildlife and by wind.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
• Among them, the thousand-year-old cedar, spruce, and hemlock are some of the world’s largest.
  — Clarissa Dawes, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2020
• Stands of hemlocks and spruce stretched deep into the woods.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
• The rattle is about the size of a tambourine, with a round frame of hemlock wood.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2019
• The forest is filled with white pines, hemlocks and oaks.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• If the location is on the east or north side, a hemlock would work.
  — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2017
• The cost of hemlock bark dust has gone from $35 a cubic yard to $60 a cubic yard.
  — oregonlive, 11 July 2021
• Moss covers the rock outcroppings, the gnarled and twisted root of the hemlocks and the boulders in the stream.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 17 May 2017
• Now through March is a good time to inspect hemlock trees.
  — cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
• There, somewhere under the dense cover of hemlock and maple, beech and pine, the truck came to a stop.
  — Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
• The hemlock, maple, oak, beech and tulip trees are awash in crimson, orange and gold.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2020
• The soil is rocky and thin, and our house is surrounded by forests of maple, beech, birch, and hemlock that shade out the light.
  — Christopher Ketcham, Outside Online, 20 May 2020
• My hemlock has lots of white stuff on the branches between the needles.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
• The hemlocks along the brook are old and massive and give the forest an old-growth quality.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 5 July 2019
• The birds spend the night in the Chugach Mountains near town, maybe huddling under a hemlock canopy for cover.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022
• Or in medieval England, you were supposed to put a piece of hemlock in your sock and walk around with it.
  — Angela Chen, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2018
• The site was located on a tranquil cove whose shores were thick with hemlock and cedar.
  — Rafal Gerszak, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2019
• Named for the thick forest of fir, hemlock, maples, and cedars, the area was cleared for growing settlements.
  — Daniel Scheffler, Spin, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Trail of Cedars near Avalanche Creek is a mile-long loop that goes through an old-growth cedar and hemlock forest, perfect for all ages.
  — Justin Franz, The Know, 1 Sep. 2019
• Here is a link with pictures of hemlock and the water hemlock for your review.
  — oregonlive, 29 May 2022
• Reishi is a shiny, red saucer that looks like a Wizard of Oz prop and grows on decaying hemlock trees.
  — Kat Stoeffel, The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
• Where trees have fallen, new-growth maple, cherry and hemlock are poking through the earth.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
• Some species, such as hemlock and cedar, have thin bark and readily succumb to fire.
  — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 9 Sep. 2017
• Trees like Doug-fir, Western hemlock and pines can host this disease.
  — oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
• Within it, the roots of hemlock and cypress trees snake out over the ground through a blanket of moss, and trails lead to deep caverns filled with ice.
  — Patrick Harrington, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
• The Hemlock Negroni—who knew hemlock was potable?—makes for a good nightcap.
  — Elizabeth Dunn, WSJ, 15 June 2018
• The Trail of Cedars near Avalanche Creek is a milelong loop that goes through an old-growth cedar and hemlock forest, perfect for all ages.
  — Justin Franz, Houston Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2019
• Food sources to focus on include beggar’s lice, dogwood, greenbriar, hemlock, white cedar, and many more.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024