How to Use alder in a Sentence

alder

noun
  • The guy that gets us the alder wood planks to smoke the salmon on.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
  • Look at the slide alder down there, all the ground squirrels.
    — Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2013
  • The hallway beyond, a rich alder wood.
    — Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Today a blue jay hopped along the shore near where a beaver had built a lodge of alder limbs.
    — Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Meanwhile, alders argued lives are at stake.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Only a few alders had managed to find a toehold.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • Right then, with both canoes in plain sight, a moose showed up at the edge of the alders across the lake.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • Those changes weren't enough to win over a majority of alders.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Maple, alder, birch elm and the cedar family are the main culprits at this time.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The false front of a saloon still stood, with an alder tree growing through its warped timbers.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Dark grains may be cooked hot and fast like coffee beans, toasted low and long, or smoked over beech or alder.
    — William Bostwick, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Johnson's team just hit back, saying those claims from the alders are not backed by data.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The alders who signed off on the letter also want to make sure the city is paying down its debts.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • As our team plods upstream from the creek’s mouth, the stream is flanked by alder and cottonwood trees.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Then the team began removing bark and decayed wood near the base of the alder tree.
    — Nicholas K. Geranios, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The plan from alders also calls for youth guidance funding to be restored.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The land is wet and green, with thousands of lakes and streams flowing through meadows and stands of pine and alder.
    — Acacia Johnson, National Geographic, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Made with sustainable alder wood, this handmade box is perfect for a friend who loves things that sparkle.
    — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 6 Sep. 2022
  • These are the very places where willow, alder and, in time, conifer forests should establish themselves.
    — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2018
  • The dry, bone-white stems poke from mint-green alders and willows, 100 steps from the water.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2019
  • Free as jazz, the yellow-and-green branches of the budding alders around her waved in a joyful spring breeze.
    — Nisi Shawl, Slate Magazine, 22 Feb. 2017
  • In a dry outdoor location, plug the smoker in and fill the smoking pan with alder chips.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Like the mayor, the alders do not want any property tax increase or grocery tax.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • New Haven has a legislative services office that works with the board of alders.
    — Jenna Carlesso, Courant Community, 19 July 2017
  • The bear was out of sight behind the alders before Bill could shoulder his rifle.
    — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There are some trees, a few mature spruce and birch as well as alder brush, but little in the way of burnable firewood.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2019
  • At the start of the season, pollen from alder, birchwood and cottonwood trees is most common.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Tree pollen is low/moderate, with alder, birch and the cedar family making up most of the count.
    — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
  • From across the desolate country road amid a dense thicket of alders came the telltale sounds of a buck fight.
    — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Daffodils poke their heads from the warming soil, and alder leaves unfurl from narrow branches.
    — Erin Kirkland, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2018

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