How to Use Joshua tree in a Sentence

Joshua tree

noun
  • But then the dove landed atop a Joshua tree, maybe 50 yards away.
    — Chris Grillot, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Much of the action finds the gang surrounded by sand dunes and Joshua trees.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The headlights of the long-haul trucks illuminated Joshua trees and darting bats.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Camping in this desert oasis means sleeping among the rocks and iconic Joshua trees under a dark sky that's prime for stargazing.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • Opt for a spacious getaway overlooking 100 acres of a Joshua tree forest or a hilltop villa with a heated pool.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The towering rock formations and Joshua trees turned otherworldly.
    — Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 18 June 2026
  • The pavement gets rough in spots and the landscape takes charge, showing off Joshua trees, wide-open spaces and the remnants of ancient volcanic activity.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Around an hour from Palm Springs lies Joshua Tree National Park, a desert landscape with rugged rock formations and its eponymous Joshua trees.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
  • At Joshua Tree National Park in California, multiple Joshua trees, which can be more than a century old, were chopped down.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Trinity fire, which started May 1 in Phelan, burned 19 acres with no structures damaged, though the blaze destroyed an unknown number of Joshua trees.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • The letter reminded Burgum of the damage done when parks stayed open during past shutdowns, during which people pooped on roadsides in Yosemite, chopped down Joshua trees, and poached a pregnant elk in Zion.
    — Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • During a dinner of baked brie empanadas and flat iron steak, passengers can gaze out across the Mojave desert dotted with Joshua trees, before night draws in and the train speeds through the darkness into the brick-red deserts of Arizona.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The minimally landscaped areas immediately around the house quickly give way to the arid landscape, the spiny shrubs and Joshua trees interspersed with several sculptures set against the undulating shadow lines of the distant mountains.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Desert tortoises and Joshua trees live in the area that would be developed for the solar array, said Erik Molvar, executive director of the Western Watersheds Project.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the Mojave, Weston saw Joshua trees as majestic extraterrestrials; Connell documents a nameless stump decorated with sneakers.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • At nearly 800,000 acres, Joshua Tree National Park features a whole host of amazing wonders, including Joshua tree (or yucca) forests, enormous rock formations, a cholla cactus garden, bighorn sheep, and tortoises.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Granite boulders and undulating rock formations surrounded by namesake Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) majestically reside among nearly 800 species of plants, from annually blooming wildflowers, to hardy bushes and palms, to 15 types of colorful and peculiar cacti.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026

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