How to Use old-growth in a Sentence

old-growth

adjective
  • Plan for at least five days, and five portages through old-growth forests where black bears still roam.
    — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Rugged scenery shifts from drift ice and mountain peaks to sparkling lakes and old-growth conifer forests.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
  • All of this had been old-growth forest until four years ago, Edgar told me.
    — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Their main threat is loss of habitat, the living, old-growth longleaf pines.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Zipping through old-growth spruce forests and even across frozen creeks on snowmobiles.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike most of the old-growth pines, it was not chopped for lumber after its resin was tapped.
    — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There [are] wildflowers there, old-growth redwood trees, and oak trees.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Long-term drought has degraded the old-growth forest where the squirrels live.
    — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The cypress is a good one to avoid since many suppliers strip this from old-growth cypress trees.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • One of Woodward’s pieces is an old-growth redwood slab sculpture, with sound.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
  • But this is true old-growth longleaf pine, never logged, the ground cover rare cutthroat grass.
    — Jen Guyton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The multi-use area has a playground, picnic areas, and lots of shade from old-growth oak trees.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
  • The multi-use area has a playground, picnic areas, and lots of shade from old-growth oak trees.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Around the old-growth-fir dining table, Nansen regales us with tales of the rebuild.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026
  • And outside, the large, flat yard is landscaped with old-growth and specimen plantings.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Hundreds of trails lead through old-growth forests to sparkling waterfalls and breathtaking views.
    — Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Guides who grew up in the region point the way through remote alpine villages, old-growth forests, and six national parks.
    — AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • Smothered in old-growth mix-conifer woodlands, mountain breezes whip up a cocktail of earthy-pine fragrance in the air.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • The old-growth forest preserve is one of seven in the United States.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The old-growth forest preserve is one of seven in the United States.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The park has miles of official and backcountry trails with views of waterfalls and old-growth forests.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
  • The highlands are home to rare flora and fauna, many of which depend on old-growth conifers or volcanic habitats.
    — Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
  • These woods weren’t composed of the original longleaf pines of an ancient, old-growth forest.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Even the giant old-growth redwood trees are gone as construction continues.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The en-suite bath is a standout, with old-growth walnut cabinetry, a soaking tub, and a walk-in steam shower.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
  • More than a third of that loss was old-growth rainforests which hold vast carbon stocks and are crucial for limiting climate change.
    — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • He was mesmerized by the old-growth redwoods and hugely challenged by trying to capture them on film.
    — Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
  • All of the old-growth cedar, pine, berries, and other flora here have a story—a significance—and a meaning.
    — Jonny Bierman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2023
  • What's an old-growth forest and what's the Old-Growth Forest Network?
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
  • Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.
    — Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026

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