How to Use redwood in a Sentence
redwood
noun-
The species holding the No. 1 spot is the coastal redwood.
— Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024 -
The space is so tight that the trunk of one redwood passes through the tree house.
— Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 3 May 2018 -
There is the grove of redwoods, full of 100-year-old giants.
— Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 19 Mar. 2020 -
But here’s one of us smiling in front of redwood trees, one at the beach.
— Summer Block, Longreads, 23 Aug. 2019 -
Get to Hoyt Arboretum for a short hike to the view from the redwood deck and take a breath.
— Sarah Rubin, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 July 2019 -
The most common types of decking are pine and cedar, and on the West Coast, even redwood.
— Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023 -
In the morning, take a hike through the redwoods at Humboldt State Park.
— Ben Abramson, USA TODAY, 29 May 2018 -
Cedar or redwood is preferred; no need to paint or stain the box.
— Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2020 -
Lignin is found in every land plant, from the tallest redwood to the shortest shrub.
— Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Second-growth trees, and some third-growth, make up 95 percent of the redwood acreage across the state.
— Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2018 -
There were pictures of the kids hugging a redwood and playing Twister on the beach.
— Lauren Smiley, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2018 -
Seals lounge on the sand and stands of redwoods tower behind them.
— Melina Mara, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023 -
At the very top of centuries-old redwoods and sequoias.
— Petra Cahill, NBC News, 29 July 2019 -
At the bridge site, teams of workers watched over drills the size of redwood trees, which rammed steel piles into the seafloor.
— Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017 -
Redwoods The sheer size of redwoods make jaws drop, and for good reason.
— Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2017 -
The tree is a coastal redwood (or Sequoia sempervirens) and costs $10 for the thrill ride.
— Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 -
The 3-ish-mile loop, on the west side of the highway, switchbacks through redwoods and tops out with views of the Pacific.
— Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2019 -
Life is folded in and among the redwoods, below and within and about them.
— Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024 -
You’ll be immersed in a large tract of coastal redwood forest on this 5.6-mile out-and-back.
— Jonathan Olivier, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2022 -
In one bedroom, the balcony faces the river, while in the other, views are of redwood trees.
— Angela Serratore, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020 -
Whether the road will be widened or redwoods will be cut down is yet to be determined.
— Author: Hailey Branson-Potts, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2019 -
The 2019 Pluribus seems to evoke the flavors and smells of the mountainous redwood forest where its grapes grew.
— Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Ashes, oak leaves and twigs from burning fir and redwood trees rained down from the smoky sky.
— Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2020 -
These 1,833 acres are home to a forest of coastal redwoods, wildlife-rich grasslands, and rare bird life.
— Carey Jones, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Rent the secluded Creekside Camp No. 3, sleep among redwoods, and head two miles down to the coast to whale-watch.
— Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2018 -
Two protesters spend ten months living in the canopy of a redwood wider than a house.
— Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018 -
The best trees are long-living trees: The basic ones are oak, maple, redwood and douglas firs.
— Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 24 Sep. 2019 -
The outdoor wedding featured a backdrop of the redwoods and the coastline.
— Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023 -
If her left leg was a slender maple, her right was a giant redwood.
— Anna Reisman, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2012 -
For the show, Fahey is displaying an intricate sculpture made out of a piece of redwood found in the trash.
— Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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