How to Use live oak in a Sentence

live oak

noun
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  • It’s more about the live oaks, the Spanish moss, the solitude.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Woody oak galls on live oaks are among the most common.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 27 Apr. 2018
  • One of those trees is a large live oak in the center of the roundabout at Broad and Canal streets.
    — al, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The company will have to keep 50% plus one of the live oak trees that have been graded.
    — Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Tizza said that’s because the bur oaks are like the south’s live oak, the state tree of Georgia.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2019
  • One woman chained herself to a live oak tree in protest.
    — al, 16 Mar. 2021
  • All the white oaks are less susceptible to oak wilt than live oak and the red oaks.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021
  • One woman even chained herself to a live oak tree in protest.
    — al, 29 June 2022
  • From the street, only the top floor and garage, framed by live oaks, are visible.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Framed by 30-foot bluffs along the shore, it's littered with driftwood from live oak and cedar trees.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The porch at Meridian looks over three large live oak trees.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2021
  • This big old live oak in our backyard seems to be thinning.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • My live oak trees lost at least half of their leaves in a recent hailstorm.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 18 June 2020
  • There was a focus on the acorns now dangling from the branches of the live oak trees or scattered about on the ground.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
  • All animals found after the storm will be housed at the live oak vet ...
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Our live oak was hurt badly by the extreme cold two years ago this month.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Make sure your space can support at least one coast live oak tree, which can grow 25 to 80 feet tall.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The bar has windows that look out on a patio shaded by a large live oak tree.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Some evergreens such as live oaks may even be bare for a short while.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • From the trailhead, a shorter route is available on the live oak trail, which spans about a quarter of a mile.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Prepare to marvel at the sprawling live oaks wrapped with white lights.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • On the edge of the field was another gigantic live oak.
    — Brett McNish, Smithsonian, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Main roads that connect the city of 7,000 to the rest of the state were lined with live oak trees and long leaf pines, uprooted and snapped at their trunks.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • At 7-foot-4, with a reach as wide as a Texas live oak and hands like baseball mitts, Dallas’ center owns much of the airspace near the rim.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
  • Control live oak suckers that emerge from the base of the tree by mowing or pruning them.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 18 June 2021
  • To walk under a live oak is to feel the presence of the divine; hold your camera to it, and the spirit escapes.
    — Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Forget stumps; this baby can probably pull a live oak out of the ground.
    — cleveland, 30 May 2020
  • Housing options are many — and often verdant and shady amid the city’s many live oaks.
    — A.d. Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • Runners and joggers wind through a scenic course below the Park's historic live oaks.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The lazy river was designed to give riders the experience of floating on a Texas river, with a dark bottom and live oak trees lining the winding route.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024

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