How to Use undergrowth in a Sentence

undergrowth

noun
  • Most of the chase will be through mud a foot deep and heavy undergrowth.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The trail might as well have been painted on the undergrowth.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Hunters use wire snares set in the undergrowth to catch and strangle the deer.
    — John Wendle, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2017
  • In the distance, three young does picked their way through the undergrowth.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Thick, dry undergrowth was on one side of the tracks, rice-fields on the other.
    — David Fettling, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Areas with tall grass or undergrowth are the most likely places where ticks will be.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
  • Flames clear undergrowth and add ash and nutrients to soil.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The old-timers knew that without fire, the pitchers would get choked out by the undergrowth.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The forest closed around us; a deer shuddered through the undergrowth.
    — Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Birds cartwheeled around me, flitting from trees to undergrowth, sometimes close enough to touch.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 15 June 2024
  • By clearing out the undergrowth, the plants that the park staff wants to blossom can have a chance to do so.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There was a good deal of yelling and crashing around in the undergrowth, and then the two climbed back into the tree.
    — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • The burn is a few years old, with enough undergrowth to make hiking difficult.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Police found the body of the girl buried among thick undergrowth near a single-track railway line.
    — Timothy Jones, USA TODAY, 7 June 2018
  • Woodrats build giant nests by dragging thousands of sticks across yards of dense undergrowth.
    — Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The land also had several years worth of pine straw, small limbs and undergrowth piled up around the trees.
    — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Promising leads have vanished like a cactus mouse in the undergrowth.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2017
  • The sign was forgotten in the years after the war and hidden by shrubs and undergrowth.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2018
  • In addition, the lack of fire allowed fuel in the form of dense undergrowth to build up.
    — Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • When the flames char the undergrowth on hills and mountains, the soil can’t hold water as easily.
    — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
  • One solution to thin out the plants was to let a herd of 400 goats to clear dense undergrowth.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2026
  • On the land side, the undergrowth was too dense to walk in, but these paths had been kept open for years by hikers and fishermen.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Muntjac deer have eaten the undergrowth where nightingales once nested in the forests near my home, and now those birds have gone.
    — Helen MacDonald, New York Times, 16 May 2017
  • The road narrowed, and dry grass and thorny scrub leaned over the dusty track, as two rhinos stepped quietly out of the undergrowth.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There was a strong wind, blowing in my favor and making enough noise in the undergrowth to cover my movements.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • Winds gusting through a vast tinderbox of undergrowth made the fire balloon in size and merge with a smaller blaze.
    — New York Times, 22 July 2021
  • To discourage coyotes in your area, clear brush and undergrowth in the yard that can provide cover for them.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Sequoias even rely on fire to help open their cones disperse seeds, and flames clear undergrowth so seedlings can take root and get sunlight.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The undergrowth is shorter, and the goats have nibbled away the leaves on the bottom branches of the buckthorn trees.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2020
  • Sequoias even rely on fire to help open their cones to disperse seeds, and flames clear undergrowth so seedlings can take root and get sunlight.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 2 Nov. 2021

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