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Examples of tree line in a Sentence
The hikers had reached the tree line by noon.
Recent Examples on the Web
Big Sky is famous for its size, its extreme terrain, and its long, steep cirques high above the tree line.
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Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The jury later saw the video — surveillance footage from another home on Mountain Spring Road — that showed a red truck driving by beyond a tree line.
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Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2024
And occasionally sniper fire came from a tree line 50 yards away from his base.
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Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
Smoke plumes from the South Fork Fire rise above the tree line as the fire progresses from the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation to the Lincoln National Forest forcing mandatory evacuations in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on June 17, 2024.
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CBS News, 18 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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“Tree line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20line. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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