As he looked out upon the world in the early morning, he saw the shrubs in the garden below him, and the furze on the moorland beyond, twinkling with the dew-drenched webs of innumerable spiders.
Roald was surprised to see other boys cutting small shrubs and branches of trees and hanging them on fence posts to dry.
For miles and miles they saw rolling banks of earth covered with shrubs of birch not even as tall as the one-story houses along the coast which were the homes of fishermen.
There are two species, both evergreen trees or tall shrubs confined to eastern Australia.
I make this suggestion because, in my own experience, it has often proved successful with various kinds of hard-wooded trees andshrubs that failed when grafted in the spring.
His grounds were well laid out for that time, and many rare foreign trees and shrubs planted, among them several, as then called, English walnuts.
How far apart chestnut trees should be planted will depend very much upon the species and varieties, some growing to immense trees, while others are only fair-sized shrubs at maturity.
The building flung its broad shadow upon the tufted foliage of the shrubs beneath it, while the front windows sparkled in the sun.
In the gardens of the homes near by, the vines and shrubs were of those varieties with which she was just becoming familiar.
Rounding the curves, they advanced up stream, passing some beautiful homes on the river front, then reaching the wilder regions, where there were tangles of beautiful trees and shrubs in the swamps.
Botanicum Anglicum, or The English Herball: Wherein is contained a curious Collection of Real Plants being the true Patterns of such Trees, Shrubs and Herbs as are observed to grow Wild in England.
Containing All such English and Foreign Herbs, Shrubs and Trees, as are used in Physick and Surgery.
Half a dozen men were filling out the bank even with dirt from what was the old flower garden; the old shrubs was uptore and lying roots in air, and right at the end of what was the long path was a mountain of bricks.
Her scarf caught upon one of the shrubs that lined the bit of flagged path from road to door, and when she had pulled herself free, she noticed that the outer porch door stood open; then the notes of the organ reached her.
There were neither trees nor shrubs around it, and the aspect of the spot was bleak and cheerless enough, a colouring a dark November day did nothing to dispel.
And now he wanders on from glade to glade To where more precious shrubs diffuse their balms, And gliding thro' the thick inwoven shade Where the young Hebrew lay in all her charms, He caught a glimpse.
They will leave the thistles to visit the neighbouring shrubs and there cut from the leaves oval pieces which will be made into a fit receptacle to contain the harvest.
Such are the cells in the old nests of the Mason-bee of the Shrubs and the empty shells of the Garden Snail.
Long leathern thongs are tied to poles and cords, and drawn over the tops of these shrubs about noon; which thus collect the dust of the anthers, which adheres to the leather, and is occasionally scraped off.
The same dismal uniformity of shrubs and sand everywhere presented itself, and the horizon was as level and uninterrupted as that of the sea.
The borders of the river at this point were covered with woods rendered impervious to the rays of the sun by the herbs, and shrubs that crept up the trunks, and twined around the branches of the trees.
The bended grass, the disentangled briars, and the compressed shrubs afforded the only, but to them the certain indication of the route of the enemy.
The old palaces are turned into hotels, and we entered our inn through an avenue ofshrubs that must have been planted and trimmed for a century.
The grass is tall in the Campagna, the fruit-trees are in blossom, the roses and myrtles are in full flower, the shrubs are in full leaf, the whole country about breathes of June.
The shrubs on cliffs were favorite roosting places.
At Peleliu, the pigeons were found to be restricted to relatively undisturbed areas where tall trees remained or where shrubs were present on the faces of overhanging cliffs.
Many shorelines are covered with scant grasses and shrubs and the interior in many places is dominated by coconut, betel palms, breadfruit, papaya, and pandanus.
This species seemingly obtains its foods from the large fruit-producing trees and to a lesser extent from the smaller shrubs or from ground berries.
He writes "The little fellow has adjusted himself to the gardens and shrubs in the villages.
At Peleliu, birds were noted in trees and shrubs along the roadways; at Garakayo, birds were seen in low trees near the summits of hills.
A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.
A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.
A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries.
A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.
We gazed under a canopy of trees and saw a blossoming jungle of shrubs and flowers that seemed to have been awakened by some more potent force than that of the sun.
The dooryards contained many trees, shrubs and flowers--not cluttered up, but most admirably arranged, showing forethought and good taste.
If scarlet represents sin among the flower family then in his congregation are many sinners, for the vivid hues of the cardinal blossoms burn like coals of fire against their setting of green shrubs and vines.
The glimpses of the broad blue river, the wonderful shrubs and trees and the tranquil and romantic beauty of the hills seen through the blue veil had in them faint suggestions of Indian Summer.
Flowers decked the ground, and the perfume of sweet-smelling shrubs filled the air.
The grass and herbage is extensively eaten off, and many of the shrubs and young trees eaten or badly mutilated.
Along the little brook which flows through the ravine there is a fringe of willows, and among the sedges a number of shrubs and small trees occur, mostly thorns and a few young sycamores and black walnuts.
A spider constructed its web in an angle of my garden, the sides of which were attached by long threads to shrubs at the height of nearly three feet from the gravel path beneath.
After doing this she retired behind the shrubs to wait further developments.
Some ants which keep aphides build covered ways, or tunnels, to the trees or shrubs where the aphides live.
Thus they are very partial to the inside white rind of oranges, and will carry off the flowers of certain shrubs while leaving the leaves untouched.
The nest is placed in sandy soil in the neighbourhood of shrubs and flowers, is a perfect square, and occupies about four or five square feet of ground, the surface of which is kept almost unbroken.
The rivulet, late unseen, Where bickering through the shrubs its waters run, Shines with the image of its golden screen And glimmerings of the sun.
From the little plantation, all the magnificent trees and shrubsof Australia had been excluded with amazing resolution and consistency, and oak and ash reigned safe from overtowering rivals.
Shrubs gone: grass withered: all chill as the hoar-frost of early morn.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shrubs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
