How to Use tree line in a Sentence

tree line

noun
Definition of tree linenext
  • Plans show most of the tree line along the south and west of the site has been preserved.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
  • My stand was hung on the point of a tree line that was near a coyote den.
    — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • There needs to be a tree line or woods nearby, of course.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
  • One man even strung a balloon 55 feet above the tree line to make his point.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2019
  • Moments later, the sun broke free from the clouds along the tree line past left field.
    — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 June 2021
  • Theo cleared, trimmed and cleaned the entire grounds and tree line of the St. Mary of the Falls Church property.
    — cleveland, 26 June 2021
  • The body of Richard Hunt, 53, was found along a tree line on Dec. 7, police say in a news release.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
  • My husband can lie on a sofa, staring at the tree line and at the sky.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 30 July 2020
  • Nor are the multi-million-dollar homes that peek out from the tree line along the route.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • The next day, on their seventh attempt, the Russians took the tree line and cut the lower road, Dmytro said.
    — Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Looking at the war records, Hartl's trees line up with the Tripitz's locations.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Hero Cow smashed straight through a metal fence, the BBC wrote, broke a worker’s arm and bounded across the farm to the tree line.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Above tree line and in arid areas, no trees are available.
    — Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Above the tree line, the men will risk open ground—first thistly yellow-grass hillside, then shale, then scree.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The man's body could be seen late Monday morning face down near a tree line to the left of the old school's parking lot.
    — Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2022
  • The illusion ends when the suspension tower of the great bridge pokes above the tree line.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • That tree line was a highway of deer sign, with rubs and scrapes and scat everywhere.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But there isn’t a tree line or gorse bushes or anything else.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
  • The sky, a tree line and a ridgeline can form a natural structure.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • When Harold Jones first bought his home in Canarsie in 1991, he was struck most by the tall trees lining the street.
    — Sophie Kasakove, The New Republic, 11 July 2019
  • The Humvee then traveled off the right side of the highway and overturned into a nearby tree line.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The next, a buff-colored speck soared over the northern tree line and everything changed.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The house on McCreary Road backed up to a small hillside, with a backyard that sloped up toward the tree line.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • But on Sunday, the trees lining the streets were full of green leaves; flowers blossomed.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Driftwood then finds its way to distant shores far beyond the tree line.
    — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Cardona said, adding Finn started for the highway, turned around, and went under a guardrail and to a tree line.
    — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The woman told the officer that the man hides in the tree line and watches her vehicle.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • And just over the tree line, the same outdoor music that soothes Daniel’s patrons is striking a sour note.
    — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2018
  • Many of the homes also back up to private tree lines or open green space, providing a great deal of privacy and beautiful nature views.
    — Weichert Realtors® Welch & Company, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2024
  • Within minutes of their arrival, the fresh fighters came under attack, fired on by Russians from a nearby tree line.
    — Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024

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