Example Sentences

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Planted on top in three strict lines are red, blue and white blooms to mirror the national flag.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

Planted informally or sheared to create a dense hedge, evergreen huckleberry adapts to a variety of soil conditions, provided drainage is good, and is drought-tolerant once established, although occasional summer water promotes more succulent fruit.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

Bringing up the rear — and claiming one-third of the compilation’s 90-minute running time — is the English version of the Canadian director Frédéric Back’s digitally remastered, 1987 Oscar winner, “The Man Who Planted Trees.”

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

It reports that One Tree Planted does grow trees in Scotland, having planted more than 40,000 of them in a project near the Scottish-English border.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Planted along the grass at the road’s edge were two lines of hornbeam trees, odd-looking things with perfectly symmetrical close-leafed crowns, more like children’s drawings than like real trees.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman