How to Use sagebrush in a Sentence

sagebrush

noun

• The plains of sagebrush, white clay, and thin grass open to the east.
  — John Kissane, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2021
• The deer explodes to its feet and sprints through the sagebrush.
  — Popular Science, 23 Mar. 2020
• The ground and most the sagebrush that the pygmy rabbits rely on were charred black.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 12 July 2017
• Pass Grant Lake, a deep blue tarn nestled in the sagebrush.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
• Start the hike on the Flatiron Rock Trail, to the right of the trailhead, and follow the dusty path past juniper and sagebrush.
  — OregonLive.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• Set out from the parking area along a wide trail that cuts through sweet-smelling sagebrush.
  — Caitlin Moran, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
• The drive wound by Orem and Provo, then through a landscape so parched that even the sagebrush looked thirsty.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
• Small sagebrush trees by Mike Wood, modeltreestore.com.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• Glenn draped a parachute over some sagebrush for some shade, Shesol writes, and then dug in.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• The vistas go from dusty sagebrush to a Bob Ross painting.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 13 May 2021
• Driving to check a trap, Hicks trailed the spotlight beam over knots of sagebrush, a dozen deer, and three skunks.
  — Elizabeth Miller/undark, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2020
• Our windows were open to the desert outside, the air all sagebrush and sunburnt dirt.
  — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
• One side is a forest of Joshua trees, the northernmost of the Mojave, and the other is a sea of sagebrush, the start of the Great Basin.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
• The property is a rolling mix of bluffs and coulees, sagebrush flats and grasslands.
  — Christine Peterson, Outside Online, 15 June 2022
• Kevin McFee looked out across the grasslands on his ranch, where a pair of cows grazed in the distance among the sagebrush and juniper trees.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2020
• Drive across the Cascade Mountains, take the gravel roads and head to the dusty trailheads lined with sagebrush.
  — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021
• There are more than 350 plant and animals species in decline from the loss of sagebrush.
  — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2021
• The next stop, called Blue Basin, contained two hiking trails through the sagebrush to overlooks.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• Every last inch of a pygmy rabbit is built for sagebrush.
  — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
• Sage grouse also feed on the sagebrush during the winter.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
• The footage shows a large, hairy biped walking across a hillside before squatting in the sagebrush.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2023
• Around them are meadows of mule’s ears and purple lupine, sagebrush fields, and thick forests that dip to a river, then surge up the peak.
  — Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• In inspired casting, Keanu Reeves — or at least his head — appears as the face of a wise sagebrush named … Sage.
  — Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• Round in shape, deceptively steep, and covered in sagebrush, the hill is a beacon in the area and a refuge for wildlife in the winter.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
• While the Skeena flowed through the lush, rainy coastal mountains, the Fraser starts up high in dry country: There's sagebrush lining the banks for many miles.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2018
• Junipers are being cut where sagebrush still covers most of the ground.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
• Outside Laramie, sagebrush and cattle make up much of the rest of Albany County.
  — Ali Watkins, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• The footage shows the officer come up on five people and three vehicles on a dirt road in an open area of sagebrush.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
• In the eyes of the BLM, pinyon pine and juniper trees are weedy species that invade sagebrush rangelands and increase the risk of wildfire.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Sparks from the show’s pyrotechnics ignited nearby sagebrush and grass during the last song, burning a small area adjacent to the concert venue.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024