How to Use shrub in a Sentence

shrub

noun

• Moisten the rim of a coupe glass with a tiny bit of shrub and then coat with tajin.
  — Liz Kadar, Women's Health, 14 July 2023
• Voles do feed on the base of trees and shrubs, leaving 1/4-inch side-by-side grooves in the wood.
  — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• This mini climbing shrub rose grows to a height of 5 to 8 feet tall.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• Early summer is a great time to prune trees and shrubs.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
• Thousands of square miles of flat land covered in shrubs and red dirt.
  — Max Bearak Giacomo D’orlando, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• These are another set of woody shrubs that grow far wider than their height of 1 to 2 feet.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• The leaves appear either on a climbing vine or as a shrub.
  — Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF, 15 July 2022
• The trail takes us straight into the fragrant, shoulder-high shrubs.
  — Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2023
• Star magnolias, which grow in zones 3 to 10, are the most cold-hardy and often more shrub-like.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 Aug. 2022
• In warm regions, the flowering shrub can grow up to 25 feet tall.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2024
• The region is greening, for instance, as shrubs and tree species get a foothold in the new climate.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2023
• Most of those homes were burned not by forest fires, but by fires racing through grass and shrubs.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• They can be found under shady places like logs, rocks, large shrubs, and woodpiles.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
• True tea is made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub.
  — Barb Sands, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
• The fungus covers nearby homes and cars in a sooty black film, choking trees and shrubs.
  — Travis Loller, Fortune, 8 July 2023
• The average height of each shrub, now that they’ve been harvested and strung up to dry, is about five feet.
  — Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
• Adding native shrubs or trees to filter wind and break sight lines can make a big difference to the function of the space.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 31 Aug. 2023
• Like forest fires, the frequency of grass and shrub fires has increased over time.
  — Nadja Popovich, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Some landscape shrub roses and David Austin roses grow like climbers and can be pruned like climbers.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Here, in the glory of spring, people take rides and walks to revel in flowering shrubs.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Mature trees and large shrubs add a sense of privacy even in the middle of the neighborhood.
  — Kambry Ruby, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• To keep these pests away, properly water trees and shrubs.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
• Poinsett was interested in botany and sent shrubs of the wildflower back to the U.S.
  — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Their nests might also be in bushes, shrubs or on building rooftops.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
• New trees and shrubs with a large root ball will probably need to be planted adjacent to the old stump.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
• My rough rule is to leave two to three feet between shrubs and one foot between perennials.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• The bare branches of this shrub look striking against evergreens or snow.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 Oct. 2022
• The medium-tall bushy shrub can be trained as a climber and has glossy foliage and very good disease resistance.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• Twigs of dead lingonberry and dryas shrubs drooped onto dirt the color of fresh asphalt.
  — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• Obscured by tall shrubs and overhead shades, the ambience is serene and perfect for any event.
  — oregonlive, 18 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024