How to Use top of the tree in a Sentence

top of the tree

noun phrase
  • His name sat at the top of the tree for 13 years.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • During this season, sap rises to the top of the tree.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Frost then climbed to the top of the tree, which was about 40 feet off the ground, police said.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • At one point, near the top of the tree line, a ferocious gust of wind blew in, and a tree trunk crashed just a few feet in front of me.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The net should be secured tightly around the trunk so squirrels can’t access the top of the tree through loose areas.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • The top of the tree is adorned with a gold crown, while the base features oversize floor-standing chess pieces, cushions and blankets.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Once snow stops, heavy snow from the top of the tree can fall to lower branches and overload lower limbs causing damage.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • The top of the tree will appropriately boast a gold crown while at the tree’s base, there will be oversized, floor-standing chess pieces.
    — Anne Bratskeir, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The top of the tree will be adorned with a gold crown, while the base will feature oversized, floor-standing chess pieces, according to Claridge’s.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This is the pruning technique that some misinformed gardeners started by cutting straight across the top of the tree during the winter.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The Spaniard – who ended the year top of the tree in 2022 – currently holds a slender lead over his rival in the rankings.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular, fantastical lands, and through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learns to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Apart from at the very top of the tree, which presumably pokes through Florentino Perez’s office window at Real Madrid, there are no solutions, only trade-offs.
    — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025

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