How to Use sycamore in a Sentence

sycamore

noun
  • Big sycamore trees drape the stream with oaks and pines filling the canyon.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Big sycamore trees drape the stream, with oaks and pines filling the canyon.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Like, Oh my goodness, look at that sycamore tree!
    — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The top out of a huge sycamore tree damaged the roof on one wing of the house.
    — Amanda Walker, al, 7 Nov. 2020
  • There are sycamore trees that are gently swaying in the wind.
    — Anita Gates, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • There are sycamore trees that are gently swaying in the soft wind.
    — Tim Greiving, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Plant life ranges from red oaks and sycamores to small wildflowers.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland.com, 14 June 2019
  • There was that ring around the moon and the sycamores and maples turned yellow in the canyons.
    — Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Out front, a large sycamore obscures most of the house from public view.
    — James McClain, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
  • In sycamores, the spores often infect not just leaves but twigs and buds.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • The list includes grapevines, black cherry trees and sycamores.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Lilly would love to have a piece of the table or the sycamore tree it was nailed to.
    — Matt Wake, AL.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Sometimes two or three of my friends would join me in the sycamore, or in the maple down the street.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2022
  • It is perched high up in a sycamore tree at the base of Fremont Canyon.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • Mature oaks and sycamores dot the grounds, which include a swimming pool.
    — Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Chevy Traverse was carried off the road and pinned against a large sycamore tree.
    — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The trails are lined with large sycamore, black walnut and cottonwood trees.
    — Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The tree species include bald cypress, tulip and sycamore, all native trees.
    — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The lawns are dotted with large oak and sycamore trees, some of them 400 years old.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
  • Oak, mulberry, sycamore, pine and walnut are all adding to the counts right now.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 8 May 2018
  • This route passes by a pond with ducks, and sections of the trail are shaded with tall sycamore trees.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
  • This route passes by a pond with ducks, and sections of the trail are shaded with tall sycamore trees.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • For a while, Tabet had lived on the west side of the city, which was filled with tall sycamores, poplars and maples.
    — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There is a sycamore in the front yard of my grandparents’ house, the house where my father grew up.
    — Ryan Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Today the gardens and lawn are shaded by mature sycamore and oak trees.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The $6-million house has a bit more land, with pine, sycamore and citrus trees spread across two acres.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Her skin is as smooth as the inside of the shed bark of an American sycamore.
    — Illyanna Maisonet, SFChronicle.com, 19 July 2019
  • They can also be found at the base of hickory, oak, elm, ash, tulip, poplar or sycamore trees.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This mural of a tree is symbolic of a sycamore tree that was in the heart of the old student union.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • In the litter of sycamore and oak leaves and the carpet of newborn grass, something caught my eye.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024

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