How to Use white pine in a Sentence
white pine
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Much of the trail winds past huge white pines and pitch pine.
— Peter Marteka, courant.com, 21 June 2019 -
It's known for the distinctive lone white pine that stands out on top of the rock.
— Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2018 -
The forest is filled with white pines, hemlocks and oaks.
— Peter Marteka, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017 -
The white pine cone and tassel is Maine's state flower.
— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023 -
Choose from Fraser fir, Canaan Fir, Scotch pine and white pine.
— Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2020 -
In its place, a scrubby forest of short oaks and white pines has come up.
— Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020 -
These holes are filled with square pegs of white pine and new calks driven into the wood.
— Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019 -
Dieterle says the floors will be dark wood; the pews and altar will be white pine.
— Lynn Ischay, cleveland.com, 22 June 2019 -
The lions were carved from all-clear white pine, taken from an old mast.
— Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023 -
Huge white pines blot out the bright late winter sunshine.
— Peter Marteka, courant.com, 4 Mar. 2018 -
The seedlings include red pine, white pine, jack pine and oak as well as maple, balsam fir and spruce.
— Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2021 -
While pines don’t hold up as long as firs in wreaths and garlands, the white pine is at least a close second.
— Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2022 -
In Portland, a 60-foot white pine tree came crashing down at the home of Ellen Briggs.
— Patrick Whittle, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The island is tiny, a half acre with a gigantic white pine tree at the center.
— Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 -
According to the New York City Parks website, barred owls sleep high in white pine trees.
— Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2021 -
Wispy white pines took over the hillsides, crammed tightly next to each other.
— Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020 -
Scotch pine gets knotty, so may have some curve to the stem, and the boughs of white pine aren’t quite as stiff as some of their counterparts.
— Laura Daily, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019 -
These knolls support forests of beech, maple and oak, as well as a gorgeous strain of native white pine.
— Kristan Schiller, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019 -
Think giant white pines in the Midwest and Northeast and loblolly pine in the South (plus cypress trees).
— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023 -
The color scheme is black and white, with black counters, cabinets and door frames set against the stained white pine on the ceilings.
— Nancy Keates, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 -
Pre-dug and balled include white pine, Norway spruce and Colorado blue spruce.
— The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2022 -
In centuries-old white pines that covered the hillsides, settlers saw roof beams and ships' masts.
— Sarah Kaplan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019 -
The white pines are huge with much of their boughs high up leaving a skeleton of a trunk and branches underneath.
— Peter Marteka, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017 -
There was a white pine in a weeping formation; a pine with needles that were curly rather than straight.
— Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022 -
Past the city limits and into the heart of Minnesota’s Iron Range, fog lifted over white pine trees.
— Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017 -
Trees Available are: blue spruce, white pine, red oak, sugar maple, wild black cherry, and sycamore.
— 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018 -
The farm has six varieties to choose from blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine, Scotch pine, Cannan fir and white fir.
— Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2020 -
The exterior of the house will be trimmed in white pine garlands and lights, along with wreaths made from a mix of evergreens and berries.
— Melissa Feldman, ELLE Decor, 8 Dec. 2020 -
In addition to roughly 2,500 Virginia pines, white pines, Scotch pines, and white spruce, the property also features a retail shop and a site prepared for a three-bedroom home.
— Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The burn will interrupt the growth of white pine and other species in direct competition with pitch pine and other vegetation.
— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024
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