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Examples of shrubbery in a Sentence
a patch of tangled shrubbery
Recent Examples of shrubbery from the Web
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A wild boar charged at children at a playground in Vienna, then hid in shrubbery next to an apartment house before being shot by police.
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As is the disheveled shrubbery lodged in a corner of Max Yasgur’s barn.
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The mammoth blast was launched at 111.9 mph off the bat (per Statcast) and smacked hard off the wall above the shrubbery.
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The performances are desultory, the musical score bullying and the drama — aside from the game-changing placement of inconvenient shrubbery — as predictable as Tom senior’s steadily sprouting beard.
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The motorcycle plowed through shrubbery, a chain link fence, and a wooden fence where the man was ejected.
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So don’t overdo it with the indoor shrubbery, the soil expert and plant-lover advises.
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Some owners try to disguise the lower level by converting it into a garage or covering it with clapboard or shrubbery, but the awkwardness remains.
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Curb appeal has evolved from using mostly green shrubbery to plants that bloom at different times of the year.
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First Known Use of shrubbery
1731
SHRUBBERY Defined for English Language Learners
shrubbery
playDefinition of shrubbery for English Language Learners
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: a group of shrubs planted together
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: an area planted with shrubs
SHRUBBERY Defined for Kids
shrubbery
playDefinition of shrubbery for Students
shrubberies
: a group of shrubs or an area where shrubs are growing
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