How to Use red cedar in a Sentence

red cedar

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  • The poles are made of red cedar and the carvings of eagles and ravens represent clans of the area.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
  • My 30-year-old, healthy red cedar is being gnawed on at night.
    — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Thin strips of Western red cedar are perfect, but don’t cut a tree.
    — Ellen Bass, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Complete with a red cedar finish, this playset is well worth the price.
    — Samantha De Leon, Chron, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The red cedar provides respite for a rare wintering bird called the northern saw-whet owl.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The center section, which is the main living space, is faced with Western red cedar.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • Western red cedar is typically the wood used for the planks.
    — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The news conference will be held in the red cedar room of the Kellogg Center on the East Lansing campus.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff Reports, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The red cedar changes with time; south- and west-facing walls have an orange glow, while the north-facing walls are a darker gray.
    — Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2022
  • For starters, Davies designed new siding that lined the first story of the back of the house, along with the short overhang, in tongue-and-groove Western red cedar.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • The 35-foot eastern red cedar was grown in Fitzpatrick, which is southeast of Montgomery near Union Springs.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The exterior has red cedar siding, with cedar front steps and deck.
    — Lisa McLean, baltimoresun.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Eyeing an Eastern red cedar for the side yard? Perusing pawpaws for the back?
    — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Made of Western red cedar, these handmade dice are good for outdoor and indoor decor alike.
    — Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The Western saw-whet owl likes a twelve-year-old thicket of fir and ponderosa pine; deer find soft green bites in a four-year-old stand of red cedar and white pine.
    — The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Western red cedar is the wood most often used, but maple, hickory, and alder are also common.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2019
  • It’s made from natural Canadian red cedar, which will give grilled fish tons of smokey flavor.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Haida women wove traditional hats and capes from red cedar to outfit the cast.
    — Julian Brave Noisecat, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Larger trees offered were eastern red cedar, Serbian spruce, red maple and English oak.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • It’s one of nine units in 10 Palms, a striking complex on Franklin Avenue wrapped in white stucco, sheet metal panels and red cedar siding.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The next most popular wood-decking options are redwood and Western red cedar.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2020
  • Styled in a barrel shape, this 6-foot long outdoor red cedar sauna is designed to provide the most amount of usable interior space.
    — Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2020
  • One of my favorite ridge-end bedding setups has to be accessed by scaling a steep hillside covered by a thicket of red cedar.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2021
  • On top of that, the landscape is changing in Oklahoma with the addition of vast swaths of eastern red cedar trees, which used to only grow in rocky terrain that was less prone to wildfires.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Tree varieties native to the county include red maple, tulip poplar, white oak, black walnut, eastern red cedar and redbud.
    — Staff Report, The Aegis, 27 Mar. 2018
  • For winter romance, take advantage of the hotel's outdoor red cedar saunas for a deeply relaxing detox.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023
  • This seven-bedroom red cedar log home is on 2.79 wooded acres in a golf and wellness community on Glassy Mountain.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The Loon Lake area is forested with Douglas fir, western hemlock and red cedar; there’s plenty of hiking, swimming, boating and fishing.
    — Alison Darosa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • Gashed by Hurricane Irma’s winds and its branches drooping from old age, the 30-foot Southern red cedar can no longer support the thousands of lights and ornaments hung from it with care each year.
    — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • His and other milling operations were drawn to the area by its abundance of virgin eastern red cedars, the slow-growing premier pencil stock that the industry soon used up.
    — Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023

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