How to Use red oak in a Sentence

red oak

noun
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  • The red oak leaves were staying put, by and by, of course.
    — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Texas red oaks grow to about the same size and shape as live oaks but at a faster rate of growth.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Tree Height and Shape The height and shape are red oak vs white oak trees is the final tipoff.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 July 2023
  • Also known as the red oak, the nuttall oak grows as high as 60 feet.
    — Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2018
  • In the chapel, my eyes fell upon a 15-foot-tall red oak and pipe organ next to the monks’ choir stalls.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Floors will be red oak, and Gehry plans to use frosted glass, felt, steel, leather, bronze, and onyx.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 10 July 2018
  • The state also produces some of the best sugar maple and red oak timber in the world.
    — Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
  • In walnut or mahogany with a red oak heart and maple face.
    — Lisa Boone and Jessica Ritz, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • On the ground are wedges of red oak—fuel for the mobile home’s only source of heat, a wood stove.
    — Maddie McGarvey, History & Culture, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The ceilings have new hand-hewn, red oak beamed ceilings.
    — Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • And red-shoulders have used the tree, a huge red oak, for several years in a row.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2022
  • Plant life ranges from red oaks and sycamores to small wildflowers.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland.com, 14 June 2019
  • My red oak tree has a fungus growing on its trunk and at its base.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Those in the red oak group need a winter before sprouting.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The meat is smoked for around 13 hours with California red oak.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Strips of plywood and red oak add interest to the ceiling.
    — Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2023
  • From a red oak in his grandmother’s yard, Allen milled the wood to create the floor joists and a load-bearing beam in the cabin.
    — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • Our red oak was planted by our builder seven years ago.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Finally a pageant of meats commences, smoked with a blend of red oak and almond wood.
    — Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • At the center of the Layer Garden, visitors will find the Guardians of the Garden carved into the stump of a red oak tree.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 11 June 2020
  • The saplings of red maple, northeastern red oak and eastern redbud are $5 each.
    — cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Trees can be seen through the house’s transparent walls and the living room’s red oak floor connects to decks that float above the woodland.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2022
  • Broadly speaking, red oaks seem to be pumping out the acorns more than white oaks and chestnut oaks this year.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Also, white oak family acorns tend to be larger than the red oak acorns.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • My red oak tree leafs out beautifully each spring, but within a month or two, half of the leaves turn brown.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 2 July 2020
  • Don’t assume that the Shumard red oak died of Texas root rot (also known as cotton root rot).
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Trees Available are: blue spruce, white pine, red oak, sugar maple, wild black cherry, and sycamore.
    — 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Texas red oak is like a live oak in its size, attractive shape and drought tolerance.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • In early 2020, the hall’s original floors were removed and new floors made of red oak were installed.
    — Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The spores are carried by sap beetles from fungal mats formed on infected red oaks to the fresh wounds on live oaks.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018

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