How to Use willow in a Sentence

willow

noun
  • There is a slight bend here, as the river moves around a willow.
    — Heather Radke, Longreads, 16 June 2018
  • When a storm blew up the willow in my yard, my wife’s grave got exposed.
    — Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Its walls are dressed in a shade of willow green that evokes a feeling of calm.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The willow out front, where the children used to play, was thick and crooked with age.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • She is surrounded by the gold leaves of birch and willow trees.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of the pond.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of the pond.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The roots of the willow are aggressive and strong.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The willow trees are there because that’s where water is.
    — Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Then the arms and legs bud out like willow catkins and the spine begins to straighten.
    — Lori Vogt Rosone, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Our bows were willow, the bowstrings babiche trimmed to an even thickness.
    — Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The group stopped for a break and sat at a picnic table in the shade of a willow tree.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
  • Many were perched in willow trees along a creek bank, nipping buds off the trees for breakfast.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Marie and her mother live in a shack under the willows by a river.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • After heavy snowfalls, the birds will feed on the buds that poke through the snow on taller willows.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Sycamore, ash, elm, willow, oak, and horse chestnut are just a few of the many trees found along its length.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Shannon Sessions has a seat in left field, in the shade of a willow.
    — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The black stumps of willow bushes jutted out of the barren ground.
    — The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Out of the willows burst a snowshoe rabbit, going like the wind.
    — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
  • That has allowed moose their willows and caribou their lichen, as well as the space to breed and move around.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Add exercise to that; Hilton keeps her willow physique with runs and gym work.
    — Harriet Howard Heithaus, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • My camera was in my pack, stowed under a willow bush some 20 yards away.
    — Philip Caputo, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2020
  • Aspirin, made from the bark of willow trees, had been used to treat pain for millennia.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Oct. 2020
  • In its place, a sandy, willow-sweet aroma had silently risen from the surface.
    — W. Hodding Carter, Outside Online, 29 June 2011
  • Desert willow reaches a height of 30 feet with a spread of 25 feet.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025
  • There are two out-and-back trails, one to a bird pond ringed by willow, walnut and hackberry trees.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
  • They're often found in areas with water and willows.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • This plant is in the same family as the willow trees and shrubs growing in our landscapes.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2022
  • This plant is in the same family as the willow trees and shrubs growing in our landscapes.
    — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Then as now, the swampy Rhône river delta was a source of the willow plant used to make wicker items.
    — Laura May Todd Yvan Moreau, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022

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