yews
- plural of yew.
Example Sentences
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A smaller but not inconsiderable number, including the sequoias and certain yews, oaks, cypresses, and junipers, survive for thousands.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
So we made our wet way through the circular maze of yews and into the stunning castle, which elegantly bridges the Cher River.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2016
For a project at a London townhouse, yews clipped into massive rectangles are lined up colonnade-style, framing an impeccable tapis vert that is reached by ascending a broad flight of limestone steps.
From Architectural Digest ● May 20, 2015
Conifers include familiar evergreen trees such as pines, spruces, firs, cedars, sequoias, and yews.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
I walked back to Monmouth House through the snow and went to my room and thought, or, rather, didn’t think, but sat on my bed and stared out the window at the ice-rimed yews below.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
