How to Use yellow pine in a Sentence

yellow pine

noun
  • Break down the yellow pine board into three 12 ⅜-inch-long pieces using a miter saw.
    Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Pieces of live oak, cedar, and yellow pine are among the building blocks, as are leftovers from the Mayflower II restoration.
    Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
  • In this case, Ron discovered the same wide-plank yellow pine that's upstairs.
    Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • The home features cypress wall cladding, yellow pine vaulted ceilings and stone floors and walls.
    Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2018
  • The Green House windows, made of Southern yellow pine, were already in pretty good shape, Yapp notes.
    Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2022
  • It’s why loggers are racing to cut down more Southern yellow pine—a plentiful species that dots the Deep South.
    Fortune, 10 June 2021
  • Samples of wood recovered from Target 5 are white oak and southern yellow pine from the Gulf coast.
    National Geographic, 22 May 2019
  • Made of fir and southern yellow pine, the Henrietta C. was a visual song.
    Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • So instead, loggers raced to cut down more Southern yellow pine, which is plentiful in the U.S. South.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The yellow pine was more ambiguous, dating to 1810 in the southeastern United States.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The most popular wooden fences are made of cedar, redwood or treated yellow pine.
    Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
  • My dad’s job was wherever there was southern yellow pine.
    Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2017
  • It’s made from southern yellow pine and then hand-painted or stained before getting a protective seal.
    Bridget Degnan, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Flooring throughout is either poured concrete or long-leaf yellow pine.
    Janice O'Leary, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The forest contains around 40 commercial species of trees, and as many non-commercial species of trees and shrubs including hardwoods such as oaks and hickories and white and yellow pine.
    The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2022
  • How bad ax is this! Hurling Hatchets is a new entertainment venue in Pearland where participants toss a hatchet about 12 feet to stick into a target of yellow pine that is 4 feet high and 4 feet wide.
    Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2019
  • State lockdowns in the spring caused sawmills across the nation to close, leaving California redwoods and Southern yellow pine uncut and reducing lumber on the market.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Records also noted that the schooner was built of southern yellow pine planking over white oak frames and was outfitted with a 13-foot-long centerboard that could be raised or lowered as needed to access shallow harbors.
    National Geographic, 22 May 2019
  • Southern yellow pine, which is sawed into lumber and pulped into paper and particle board, is one of the region’s top agricultural products.
    Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2018
  • Main structural elements are to be large, prefabricated wood panels known as cross-laminated timber, as well as beams and columns made with Southern yellow pine.
    Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2022
  • Southern yellow pine is another contender when pressure-treated.
    Sarah Baird, House Beautiful, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The hotel has brought the surrounding natural elements into its design, using stone façades and natural wood elements like a century-old southern yellow pine tree, now reclaimed as the reception desk.
    Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022

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