Example Sentences

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Once when they had halted at noon he pointed out a hillside of pine, black beneath the rain, close-clustered and of mastlike straightness.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry

Half hidden among ferns and the mastlike stems of trees, the rude huts of Tibara nestled in the forest, blending with their surroundings, until only the knowing observer could identify them by vague form.

From The Weakling by Dongen, H. R. van