boughs
- plural of bough.
Example Sentences
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Boughs of cedar, white currant and flowering plum hung in bouquets from its corners, and its lip was decorated with prayer flags.
From New York Times • May 25, 2017
Boughs of trees, normally many feet from the ground, swept the earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Under Green Apple Boughs is how she did it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Viola was singing “The Willow Bends Her Boughs for Me” as she stoked the kitchen stove.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Boughs had been used with the lavishness of a millionaire building an elaborate rustic garden.
From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Kilner, Frederic R.