How to Use chaparral in a Sentence

chaparral

noun
  • The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.
    — M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The fire burned in dense chaparral through an area of ranches, canyons and parks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Griffin's front door opens to a view of a pool that shines over a canyon of chaparral and scrub.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, 22 July 2019
  • It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush.
    — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • And many of the blazes have roared through coastal chaparral and grasslands, not forest.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The blaze is burning in thick chaparral that has not seen a fire in more than 40 years.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2017
  • The fire is burning through dense, heavy chaparral and came within yards of some homes in the foothills.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2018
  • The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday over chaparral that hadn’t seen rain for eight months.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Waist-high chamise chaparral closed in on my legs and backpack, but never blocked the striking vistas to the south.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • An adventure among the mustangs, the chaparrals, the arroyos, the wide purple this and that.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Parks, campgrounds and hiking trails veer off into the chaparral, framed by rolling green hills in the background.
    — Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • However, many of the blazes have roared through coastal chaparral and grasslands, not forest.
    — Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Forest there had been burned in 1981 and was replaced with chaparral.
    — Brian Melley, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • What were once lush woodlands had become a dry, shrubby landscape called a chaparral, and large fires were common.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Wildfires in December charred much of the hills in the area, burning the chaparral all along the foothills.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2018
  • And much of the region is covered in chaparral, the most flammable mix of brush land vegetation in the country.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2021
  • With extreme drought conditions and an excess of fuel in the form of chaparral and grasses, the area was more prone to burn.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2023
  • Continuing on, the trail dipped into the forest of spruce and chaparral.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2017
  • During the wee hours that night, a bobcat slipped from the chaparral and sat down next to Peackoe’s grave as if to say goodbye.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
  • From the thick chaparral comes the characteristic cooing sound that is only made by males.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Flames were visible along the roadway as what was dubbed the Route fire grew at a moderate speed through chaparral.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The land includes mountainous terrain and rolling hills, grasslands, chaparral, oak and conifer forests along with creeks, springs and ponds.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The fire was burning through dense, old-growth chaparral that hadn’t burned in more than 50 years, authorities said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021
  • But in this part of the semi-arid chaparral called Los Angeles, fire season can now be any time.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Pauly likens a lizard in healthy chaparral to a human running through the open understory of a redwood forest.
    — Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The blaze began in thick chaparral near the east end of San Diego Country Estates.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Once at the top, an unmarked trail bears right to a red rock overlook, and then continues on through the chaparral for another half-mile or so for a view of the falls.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The duo climbed a chain link fence and squeezed into the thorny chaparral that Wright and his oldest son, Daniel, once had hacked at with a machete to no avail.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The blaze began deep in a remote canyon blanketed with old-growth chaparral that hadn’t burned in more than 50 years, Stewart said.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021
  • But the prolonged wind events will significantly dry the region’s chaparral, one of the most explosive fire sources in the country.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022

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