“Trees”

1. (1913) A poem by the American poet Joyce Kilmer. Its opening lines are: “I think that I shall never see / A poem as lovely as a tree.”

Example Sentences

As trees are lost to deforestation, fire, and heat stress, the forest releases less moisture into the atmosphere, he explains, reducing rainfall and intensifying drought.

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That, in turn, creates a feedback loop that kills even more trees.

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Given how saturated soils already are, that also means “increased falling trees,” she said.

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The rain — heavy and steady for days — was needed but deadly, providing relief from dry conditions but causing danger from mudslides, dicey roads and falling trees.

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Hidden among the trees, he studies them for weeks, stealing bits of their food when he can manage it.

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• lumber 
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