How to Use tree line in a Sentence

tree line

noun
  • The hikers had reached the tree line by noon.
  • Sun slanting through tree line.
    — AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Nail any sparse hairs above the tree line with a pair of tweezers.
    — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 28 Sep. 2017
  • My stand was hung on the point of a tree line that was near a coyote den.
    — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • One intact trailer lay flipped on its roof near the tree line.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Easy but exciting paths that felt like true tree lines to them.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But there isn’t a tree line or gorse bushes or anything else.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
  • Plans show most of the tree line along the south and west of the site has been preserved.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
  • One man even strung a balloon 55 feet above the tree line to make his point.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2019
  • There are no street lights, and fields of cotton, corn and citrus trees line the road.
    — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
  • My husband can lie on a sofa, staring at the tree line and at the sky.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 30 July 2020
  • Driftwood then finds its way to distant shores far beyond the tree line.
    — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The road, power lines and tree line in the image match the Threads video.
    — Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The rest of the colonials quit the field, gathering at a tree line close by.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
  • That tree line was a highway of deer sign, with rubs and scrapes and scat everywhere.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Coconut trees line the red-dirt main road, which hosts an endless game of soccer.
    — National Geographic, 14 June 2017
  • Nor are the multi-million-dollar homes that peek out from the tree line along the route.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • The plot is just over an acre and is separated from view of the prison by a small tree line.
    — Joe Songer | [email protected], AL.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Above the tree line, the men will risk open ground—first thistly yellow-grass hillside, then shale, then scree.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Palm trees line the wide roads of what looks like a Florida suburb.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The sky, a tree line and a ridgeline can form a natural structure.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Where there was once a dense border of trees lining both sides of the road was now just branches and stumps.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The solar panels appear to be screened from Luedtke's own house by a tree line.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The next, a buff-colored speck soared over the northern tree line and everything changed.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Gondolas glide above tree lines that once challenged prospectors on foot.
    — Lindsey Granger - 02, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The valley of Morteratsch, where the glacier used to fill it until the tree line on the sides.
    — Molly Hunter, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The illusion ends when the suspension tower of the great bridge pokes above the tree line.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • That was when shots rang out from a nearby tree line with one hitting the police officer in the neck.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Just inside the tree line, officers found the remains of the woman’s dog.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Damage was also found in the tree line beyond the property.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026

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