How to Use sweet gum in a Sentence

sweet gum

noun
  • There’s no doubt sweet gum trees (Liquidambar styraciflua) put on a stunning fall display.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • Also, most sweet gums and sycamores sustain minimal damage.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • While sweet gum is known and appreciated for its lovely fall color, it is also despised for its seeds.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • But the most spectacular show comes in October, with the deep plum and garnet hues of the hickories, sweet gums, and red and sugar maples.
    — Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Also plant pest-resistant crops like boxwood, hollies, common lilac, magnolia, hemlock, holly, oak, tulip tree, and sweet gum.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
  • The large, wading bird typically nests in bald trees such as cypress, sweet gum and mangrove, which are found in Georgia, South Carolina and other coastal plain states.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Besides the oak sapling, the volunteers planted a variety of trees including sweet gum, Kentucky coffee, catalpa, red bud, sugar berry, bald cypress, juniper and arborvitae.
    — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • While many trees in Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest are evergreen, some, like the bald cypress and sweet gum trees, delight travelers with pops of ruby red and orange each fall.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025

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