The underwood was thick; and vines, with broad green leaves and huge clusters of scarlet flowers, barred up the path like a wall.
Out of the underwood springs the crested curassow; or, basking in the sun-lit glades, with outspread wings gleaming with metallic lustre, may be seen the beautiful turkey of Honduras.
My uncle led, axe in hand, to clear away any creepers or underwood which might impede our progress.
On we went, the underwood becoming less dense as we rose higher and higher.
Presently there was a rustling in the underwood in the direction we were looking, and we caught sight of a huge orang-outan making his way down to the water.
We had still some way further to go, before we could reach our proposed fort, when we who were in advance heard a loud rustling in the underwood near us.
The underwood and branches had evidently been cut away by an axe, and seemed to lead from the flagstaff rock towards some place in the interior.
We had to skirt chasms and ravines, with torrents rolling loudly beneath, yet not visible to us, on account of the thick underwood which grew over them.
The banks of the river are flat, and fringed with underwood and young trees; the background is formed by ranges of hills.
At this point, Mr. James Underwood enters the hearing.
The sound of the snapping of the branches and underwood increased, and presently we saw a shaggy creature, which, by the light of the fire thrown upon it, we immediately recognised as a huge bear.
There she lost sight of him--the underwood was too thick.
Our husbands looked exceedingly comfortable when we rejoined them, for they were smoking vigorously and discussing the merits of two boxers Mr. Underwood had recently seen.
As Harry Underwood uttered his jibing little speech, Dicky raised his head and looked fixedly at me.
Lillian Underwood nodded as calmly as if she had simply announced a decision to alter a gown or a hat, instead of referring to a separation from her husband.
He had not the capacity for cruelty which Harry Underwood possessed.
Was Dicky really taking notice of the attentions which Harry Underwood and Dr.
What was there in this past friendship of Dicky and Mrs. Underwood to cause his mother so much emotion?
Harry Underwood elbowed his wife away from my side with a playful push, and held out his hand.
He left the city very abruptly several weeks ago, sending word in a letter to Mrs. Underwood that he would never see me again.
Perhaps you remember that on the day you made the scene about the letter you had just emphasized your very close friendship for Mrs. Underwood in a fashion rather embarrassing to me.
I could not resist putting that last little barbed arrow into my quiver, for Dicky, while a good swimmer, even I could see, was not as skillful as either Mr. Underwood or Dr.
Through all the extravagance of his speech there ran a deeper note than I had believed Harry Underwood to be capable of sounding.
Mrs. Underwood rose with a noisy rustling of draperies.
Pettit and Harry Underwood when they started into the surf with me.
Pettit and Mr. Underwood are surely good swimmers enough to take care of me.
This underwood is sometimes procurable by ships where none other can be got.
Detached masses of soil and underwood torn off the shore by floods and floating about, often mistaken for rocks and dangers.
One day it happened that about noon, while Arthur was 'brushing' at a short distance from the shanty, he noticed a pack of grouse among the underwood within shot.
He now remembered having made this detour the previous day to avoid cutting his way through a dense underwood on the bank of the stream.
Upon this intelligence Habershaw immediately marched his troop to the road and posted them in the cover of the underwood that skirted the river, at the crossing-place.
His thoughts recurred to the rock at the ford, and, with a view to avail himself of it, he forthwith commenced his retreat through the underwoodthat guarded the road side, as fast as Captain Peter could get over the ground.
Among the women who have practiced medicine in Minnesota are: Catharine Underwood Jewell, Lake City; E.
Underwood of Lake City, has for many years been secretary of a firm conducting a large nursery of fruit trees, plants and flowers.
Except a little moss, scarcely any vegetation other than underwood clothed the bare hard soil of the mound; and for this reason every tiny aperture that suited their purpose was occupied by wasps.
The bark has been stripped from the trunk and branches; the sun has turned the exposed surface to a deep buff colour, which contrasts with the fresh green of the underwood around and renders them visible afar.
From the peeled tree there rises a sweet odour of sap: the green mead, the green underwood and hawthorn around, are all lit up with the genial sunbeams.
He was quickly followed by all his band, who were dismayed at the sound and the fatal effects of the British fire-arms and, leaving Squanto behind them, they were soon concealed from view by the thick underwood of the forest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "underwood" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
