How to Use birch in a Sentence

birch

noun
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  • In those days, schoolchildren got the birch when they misbehaved.
  • It’s made of baltic birch wood and fits in with any decor.
    — Julie Evans, Parents, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The ancient pine and birch forests were turned into seas of open heath.
    — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The bay window that Hadley moved to frame the patio and birch trees, no longer faces the outside.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The second type, tucked away in a pouch around his neck, was birch polypores.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Daria and Sergey connect, in part, over a shared love of Siberian birch trees.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Some of their favorites include oak, birch, cedar, and fruit trees.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 14 June 2023
  • Its unique mix of patchouli, birch, and vanilla is not the everyday scent.
    — Jose Ryller, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • These forests were recently shorn clean of their spruce, birch, and pine trees.
    — Sarah Miller, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The store itself was made from cedar wood and bark-on birch logs that fell after a winter storm.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Tree pollens are the main culprit at the moment, such as birch and juniper.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The views from my car window are a Nordic cliché: long stretches of farmland that give way to thick forests of birch and pine.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The scent features top notes of hay, amber, and clove, as well as mid notes of birch wood, nutmeg, and maple bark.
    — Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Frame the Walls Choose slow-burning whole green logs of white oak, ash, or birch to build the frame that will hold the tepee sticks upright.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
  • There are also abundant seedlings of pine and birch, some poking just a few inches out of the ground.
    — New York Times, 5 May 2022
  • In it, Frost imagines a young boy climbing a birch tree, scrambling up toward the sky.
    — Richard Wilbur, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The dog was under a birch tree, looking up and barking steadily.
    — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Now Green and Pate were trying to match a sheet of wallpaper with a birch tree design to the one already affixed to the wall.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Sharbaugh and Hahn followed the beeping signal to a birch tree with a broken top.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Sap is already running in birch, maple and walnut trees.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Snow covering the garden shovel and roots of the river birch.
    — Daniel Halpern, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Here, shop the best silver birch candles (and one cologne), to make your home smell like Prince Harry's favorite scent.
    — Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Keep an eye out for woods that are especially sturdy and stiff, such as oak, birch, and maple.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Chaga is a type of mushroom found growing on birch trees in cold climates.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2023
  • There has been a bit of a spike in that lately, mostly from oak, walnut, hickory, birch and pine.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • The exterior is made to look like birch tree bark and pairs well with any sort of rustic or country decor.
    — Katie Melynn Published, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The terrazzo floors glide from inside to out, and so does the white-marble planter that slips through a glass wall like a ghost to hold a grove of young birches.
    — Curbed, 9 June 2023
  • The birch blazed yellow along the sandstone bluffs, a shock of color glorious and fleeting.
    — Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Also above the island are two Finnish Secto pendants made with thin birch slats.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
  • These brown paper filters work seamlessly with a fireplace filled to the brim with birch.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 17 Nov. 2022

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