How to Use shade tree in a Sentence

shade tree

noun
  • Give this shade tree plenty of room to spread its roots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Site the tree on the east side of a structure or large shade tree.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Site the tree on the east side of a structure or large shade tree.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Cut limbs on large shade trees that are in the way back to a major branch.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Cut limbs on large shade trees that are in the way back to a major branch.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025
  • Wide roads with dark asphalt soak up the heat, and there are few shade trees.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Get your shade tree in the ground NOW.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Plant one or more on the edge of your shade tree border or amid the taller trees.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Here's how much bills are going up and how to get 2 free shade trees.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Acorns are a small price to pay for such a high-quality shade tree.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Some of them liked it there, called it a shade tree to retire under.
    — Marcus Wicker, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Many new shade trees also are proposed.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Fast-growing shade trees that are claimed to be the very answers to all of your prayers.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Redbuds grow best on the edge of the shade trees and will grow to 20 feet tall.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The site is now landscaped, with large planters around the perimeter filled with shade trees.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • In some cases, a shade tree can double as both food and cooling source.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 12 Nov. 2019
  • There are restrooms, picnic tables and huge grass fields with shade trees.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The true ash trees are much taller and are typically grown as street trees or shade trees.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Often grown as a shade tree, this oak adapts to many soils and is drought tolerant.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Your neighbor has a gorgeous shade tree with branches that stretch across the fence-line.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Species include large shade trees, small flowering trees, and fruit trees.
    — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • In the garden, it is planted as a shade tree for its blooms, which are a welcome sign of spring.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Combined with hostas in a shade bed, white wood aster will cover dry areas filled with shade tree roots.
    — Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
  • Take delivery of a free shade tree to plant in your yard or in your neighborhood.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • This affords areas that have larger shade trees to feel that much cooler.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Keep dead branches regularly pruned out of fruit trees, shade trees and shrubs.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018
  • On many a street corner, often under a shade tree, stood what looked like a dollhouse on stilts.
    — New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • White oak White oak is a large shade tree displays deep red to coppery-brown fall color.
    — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For those interested in shade trees, the oak species that will be offered grow more than two feet per year.
    — Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The attendees organized in groups of about ten, and sat under the shade trees.
    — Camila Osorio, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2019

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