How to Use vegetation in a Sentence
vegetation
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Using a tractor and rakes, crews move it from the beach to the line of vegetation.
— Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023 -
The key to getting bass to bite was reeling the crankbait along the top of submerged vegetation.
— Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 -
All the vegetation gone more than the entire state of Maryland in square footage.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The best time to see the village is summer -- when vegetation is in full bloom.
— Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022 -
The fish tend to live in slow-moving streams or ponds with thick vegetation.
— Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024 -
The droughts will lead to wildfires, killing more vegetation and crops.
— Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022 -
For hundreds of feet up and out, the vegetation had been destroyed.
— David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The vegetation is bare, and there was snow on the river bank in addition to ice atop the water.
— Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022 -
Surface fires begin above the ground and burn dry vegetation such as leaves and grass.
— Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2023 -
But on a grassland, the sparse vegetation might let more photons in.
— Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023 -
The canyon creek began to flood yards and the surrounding hills, which were stripped of vegetation in the 2017 Thomas Fire, began to tumble down in the dark.
— Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The 38-year-old didn’t grow up with lawns in Poland, where native vegetation such as wheat and daisies were more common in yards.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 -
The car caught fire, and the blaze spread to surrounding vegetation, said Chula Vista fire Capt.
— David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022 -
Shacks are perched on cliffs with little vegetation to hold soil in place.
— Mark Stevenson and Julie Watson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023 -
This time of year, trees are barren, the vegetation around pits blinds is trampled, and ducks have had it with anything that looks off.
— T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023 -
When scything, begin by holding the trimmer at about the top third of the vegetation.
— Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022 -
They were held in check by grazing bison that reduced the amount of flammable vegetation.
— Jane Braxton Little, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Across the road, the vegetation morphs from cactus-centric to a sea of creosote and brittlebush.
— Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Rest assured the dark water is due to tannins from the roots of shoreline vegetation, says Fogg.
— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Left unattended, the vegetation is ripe for a quick burn during a fire.
— USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023 -
The house came with a roughly 4,500-square-foot yard devoid of vegetation save for a few banana and guava trees.
— Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024 -
Some of that land could be converted from corn to native vegetation and trees, Hansen said.
— Erin Jordan, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024 -
For a while, the flames had a meek, almost dainty quality; the vegetation was too damp to burn very fiercely.
— New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 -
Lack of vegetation can affect growth of deer during a drought.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022 -
At 8,000 feet above sea level, Iten is marked with lush vegetation and striped with Kenya’s iconic red clay roads.
— Kristin Jenny, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2023 -
Singh explained that when the ground and vegetation are moist, the risk of ignition decreases.
— Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 17 July 2023 -
The final shot shows the ever-present ashes of the mirror dimension raining down on Hawkins, as the vegetation dies and smoke rises out from the cracks in the earth.
— Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 July 2022 -
The winds dry out grasses and brush in the Sierra Nevada and pose the greatest fire risk in the fall, when vegetation is usually at its driest.
— Elena Shao, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022 -
Trimming vegetation near windows or doors to keep jumping spiders out of your house is also a viable option.
— Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Whether overflowing as it’s known to do in spring or waning as autumn approaches, Schultz Tank always has enough water to attract wildlife and support a burgeoning fringe of vegetation.
— Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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