Examples of scrubland in a Sentence
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Recent Examples on the Web
The waters eventually receded, but somehow the pupfish found a refuge in the vast expanse of scrubland and sand.
—
Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
In 1980 the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., hired him to create an artwork for a new flood wall along a 600-foot stretch of dirt and scrubland.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these are still more expensive than farmland or scrubland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for scrubland 
Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
In 1980 the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., hired him to create an artwork for a new flood wall along a 600-foot stretch of dirt and scrubland.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these are still more expensive than farmland or scrubland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for scrubland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrubland
Noun
-
And once that happened, autocracy would seem as natural as the forest.Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
-
At home in the tropical forests of Central and South America, these bats feed on various animals, including tapirs, mountain lions, penguins and, most often nowadays, livestock.Sebastian Stockmaier, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
Here's what to do if that happens, or in any scary wildlife encounter Black bears are the only species of bear found in Arizona, and they can be found in forests, chaparral and desert riparian areas.John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
-
West Coast/California California’s coastal sage scrub and mixed chaparral were a huge source of inspiration for us and can be found in different combinations from southern to northern California.Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
Hedden and a colleague approached the Marshes’ property through the woods and discovered a human skull in a thicket.Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
-
But the group doesn’t need to wade into that thicket.Bill Adair, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
-
In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Noun
-
During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
-
Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Noun
-
At Showcase of Citrus, an orange grove in Clermont, Florida, near Orlando, the gusts from Milton bent some trees at a 45-degree angle, owner John Arnold told ABC News.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
-
The notes of orange blossom and honey are designed to transport you to days of long naps in the sun, walks through olive groves, and the occasional dip in the ocean.Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
The property includes a natural woodland area, ponds and walking trails.Alex Golden, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
-
Besides nurturing native grasses and sedges, Kozlowski coaxes along several varieties of wild asters, woodland sunflowers, and herbs like wild licorice and mountain mint.Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
-
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Thesaurus Entries Near scrubland
Cite this Entry
“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrubland. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share