Examples of main stem in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Suckers grow in the intersection between the main stem and main leaf branches. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2022 Because of levees built to contain its flow, the Rio Grande now courses mostly through a narrow channel, rather than expanding broadly across the landscape, which disconnects the main stem from its many side channels. — Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022 Prune one branch or stem at a time, down to the ground or to a place where a branch is connected to a main stem. — chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2022 Deer Creek, Gasheys Run, Swan Creek, Octoraro Creek and the main stem of the Susquehanna itself. — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021 The main stem Tuolumne, and Cherry Creek upstream, are guaranteed good flows for rafting water seven days per week through Labor Day. — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2021 The main stem of the Skeena, the Sustut, the Bulkley. — Monte Burke, Forbes, 24 May 2021 Just west of Toquerville on State Road 17, the 115-acre lake would be impounded behind a 100-foot high dam located off Ash Creek’s main stem. — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021 The goal for the Westador Stormwater Detention Basin is to construct a stormwater detention basin on the main stem of Cypress Creek. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2020 See More

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