pine

Example Sentences

• "The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine."
• "I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn."
• "Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind."
• "Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring. […] The increased vegetation also provides food for the pine martens, red squirrels and mountain hares that MacDonell is seeing in rising numbers, while the population of endangered birds such as crossbills and crested tits has also risen."
• "Give disease, so the swine will marry and propagate lies / Tough luck for elected officials, the beast you see got 50 eyes / Bring it on home, spread the wealth / Play it cool, the hand's been dealt / Now all the odds are in our favor / Save the victory speeches for later / Streets on fire / The mob goes wild, wild, wild / Streets on fire / The mob goes wild / 21 guns, box made of pine / Letter from the government, sealed and signed / Delivered Federal Express / On your mother's doorsteps"
• ""[…] I bought a pine-apple at the same time, which I gave to Sambo. Let's have it for tiffin; very cool and nice this hot weather." Rebecca said she had never tasted a pine, and longed beyond everything to taste one."