Examples of bough in a Sentence
Jo Constantz, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
Place the arrangement on a neutral table runner for a simply beautiful Thanksgiving table setting.
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Evergreen Accent
Add appeal to your staircase banister with a pinecone decoration made from evergreen boughs and ribbon.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
Among the bold-faced names dangling in ornament form from our boughs are Anna Wintour, Frida Kahlo, Karl Lagerfeld and Snoop Dogg.
—Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Recommended The sprawling tree is beloved, towering more than 60 feet and spanning nearly an acre with aerial roots descending from its boughs.
—Ed Komenda and Audrey McAvoy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
All the festive fun is front-loaded: picking out the perfect specimen, bedazzling its boughs with lights and meaningful ornaments, and gathering around it to sing carols and sip eggnog.
—Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Here, mementos crafted from the bottom inch of Christmas trees from years past dangle between the boughs.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
As any Vermonter could tell you, back in May there was an infamous night of frost when there should have been spring warmth and gentle dew, and on that night all the apple blossoms were blasted from the bough.
—Emma Brewer, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
Fill the boughs with small apples, kumquats, and vintage-style ornaments.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Middle English, shoulder, bough, from Old English bōg; akin to Old High German buog shoulder, Greek pēchys forearm
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bough. Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
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