How to Use tule in a Sentence

tule

noun
  • Now some heat and some tule fog are set to return.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The creek bed is more clogged with brush, tule reeds and driftwood than ever.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Dense tule fog forms on clear, calm nights when the ground loses heat rapidly.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Find warm water and use crankbaits or jigs on the rocks and Senkos or frogs in the tules.
    — sacbee, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Mathisen grabbed his fishing rod and tossed a line in 6-foot-deep water near a cluster of tule.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2020
  • In winter, tule fog is caused by cold, wet soil, quiet winds and high humidity.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In the Central Valley, the tule fog is back, and people are over it.
    — Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The tule fog in those areas was expected to be at least just as thick on Friday morning.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, there should be just enough wind in the Central Valley to break up the tule fog by late morning.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Two young tribal members carried bunches of tules and waded into the water.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • One ‘ewaa is thatched with tule reed and the others have been made using broom baccharis, which grows on site, Cohen said.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The tule must be harvested from freshwater marshes in a sustainable way.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Regardless, vast flocks of ducks and geese are still within range of viewing from the driving tour through keyhole slots in the tules along the levee road.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The lake and its extensive wetlands once teemed with fish, birds, beavers and frogs, and the people who lived on its shores built rafts out of tules and fished with basket traps.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Fairfield, Vallejo and Benicia will be slowest to warm as tule fog lingers until midday.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Everyone knew the town was built on what had once been the shore of an enormous inland lake, called Tulare for the tules, or reeds, that grew around it.
    — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • Jones tottered through the wetlands in hip waders, holding high a cuboid plastic container tall enough to enclose the towering tule plants.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Huge, black ants carry detritus into golf course-sized holes, and Delta tule peas and fire poppies splash the hills like purple-orange paint.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Dome-like structures reminiscent of Chumash tule dwellings will house a welcome center and a classroom.
    — Alex Schechter, New York Times, 14 May 2021
  • But most tule marshes in California are now lost to development.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The extremely dense tule fog can blanket the Central Valley over 400 miles.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Women also made skirts with bark beaten down to a soft texture, or from tule or other grasses along the Colorado River.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Researchers have found, however, that tule fog has been forming less often in California in recent decades.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Researchers have found, however, that tule fog has been forming less often in California in recent decades.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The event again will open with a Kumeyaay blessing and will feature tule boat building, interactive activities, art, music and food trucks.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Nearby, a tranquil backwater cove lined with tule and other water plants is so quiet that the sound of a paddle from a blue fiberglass boat slapping the water is clearly heard.
    — AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Visitors will also be able to participate in outdoor demonstrations like tule mat weaving, acorn grinding and cordage making.
    — Alex Schechter, New York Times, 14 May 2021
  • Jones said managers hope to reopen the areas by mid-September if the fast-moving tule chinook move out of the zones and into their natal tributaries.
    — oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Tribal youths worked with elders to harvest tule — a stalky plant native to California’s wetlands — and use it to build traditional boats.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Named after the tule grass of the Central Valley, tule (TOO-lee) fog is a type of radiation fog.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026

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