How to Use white ash in a Sentence
white ash
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In 2010, white ash and green ash trees were among the most common in Chicago.
—Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
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Most of the vegetation is charred black with a layer of white ash on top.
—Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
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After the fire Ayers-Flood grabs a rag to wipe the layer of white ash that has settled on a small table nearby.
—Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 29 Sep. 2020
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There are areas that are nothing but white ash and some little spindle trees.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
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In America, white ash plays a key role in the country’s national sport.
—National Geographic, 11 Sep. 2016
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Cars in Parking Lot 8 were covered by a thin layer of white ash in the early afternoon.
—Ben Bolch, latimes.com, 6 Dec. 2017
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Here, the walls are painted yellow to complement the stained, white ash floors — a combination that glows in any light.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2019
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One day, without a burn permit, my father set that rotting pile ablaze, and the 150-year-old structure was a mound of white ash by sundown.
—Liz Arnold, Longreads, 11 July 2018
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Ash is falling around the entire region and the BBC has some startling images of buildings on the volcano covered in thick white ash.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2014
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And, in a tip of the cap to our Slugger-making neighbors downtown, white ash — common in baseball bats — is used to enhance brewing.
—Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2018
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After watching Louisville outfielder Pete Browning break his bat, a boy made him a new one of white ash.
—Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
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In the native green and white ash tree, the galloping pace of destruction by the emerald ash borer seems to be leading to nothing short of extinction.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
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Two of the most colorful species of trees native to the Kansas City area are the white ash, which produce purplish-maroon colors, and green ash, which produce vibrant yellow.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 3 Nov. 2017
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The highly radioactive debris condensed and began raining down as white ash over 2,800 square miles of the Pacific Ocean a few hours later.
—Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
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The Eagle Creek fire burned through their beloved backyard wilderness, blowing smoke into downtown Portland and raining a powder of white ash across the region.
—Bryan Denson, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
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Other clips posted on social media showed homes and streets blanketed in grayish white ash.
—New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
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Today, white mulberry, white ash and the invasive European buckthorn lead the pack.
—Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
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The car's handsome design had nods to town (a steel roof and smart deco detailing on the fender skirts) and country (mitered white ash paneling on the sides and rear, mahogany on the interior).
—Ash Carter, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2013
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Another million white ash trees, now numbering about 3 million, have been lost.
—Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
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The interior was finished with seven native wood species, including red oak, butternut and white ash.
—Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
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An ancient volcano, Mount Veeder is full of tufa, white ash that contributes intensity and concentration to the wines; the soils are sparse and nutrients elusive.
—SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2020
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