How to Use cottonwood in a Sentence

cottonwood

noun

• All that survived now were old mesquite and cottonwood trees on the edges of the land.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• The trails are lined with large sycamore, black walnut and cottonwood trees.
  — Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• Those are the seeds of the cottonwood tree, which are shed every year around this time.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• Bald eagles nest in cottonwood trees as well.
  — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
• The main desk in the lobby was carved from a fallen cottonwood tree.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
• Outside of town, groves of oak and cottonwood mark where farmsteads used to be.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• The cottonwoods creak amid the steady flow of the river, a dulcet tone in the desert.
  — Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
• Mesquite trees don’t throw a lot of shade and cottonwoods throw theirs only near water.
  — Steve Russell, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2017
• The leaves of the cottonwood trees made a brittle, crackling sound.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• Now and then, feral horses emerged from the cottonwood trees.
  — Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
• The sycamore, elm, and cottonwood trees bring out the charm and stunning colors many flock to see.
  — Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2020
• The birds nest near large bodies of water in large trees such as sycamores, oaks, and cottonwoods.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 4 Feb. 2020
• At the start of the season, pollen from alder, birchwood and cottonwood trees is most common.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
• The days of cottonwood trees in Highland's parks and along its streets are numbered.
  — Craig Lyons, Post-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2018
• In Canada, its key species is the balsam poplar, or cottonwood.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• The fire started along the canal and caught on some cottonwood trees, Willie said, and spread to the structure.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
• Fluffs of cotton are floating in the late spring air, released by the cottonwood trees in our frontyard.
  — Nishant Jain, The Dial, 24 June 2025
• Look down 150 feet to the forest floor below with a mix of pines, oaks and cottonwoods.
  — Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2017
• No wind, So that stirring in the cottonwood Must be a warbler.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020
• In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
  — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Across the alley, the breeze rippling the leaves in a three-story cottonwood sighs like a wave dying on a beach.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2020
• In autumn, crowds thin and elk herds swell and bugle amongst the sunset-hues of the aspen and cottonwood trees.
  — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
• Over the past decade, the cottonwoods and willows that were planted have grown into a forest that teems with wildlife.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• McCamish pointed to a nearby stand of cottonwood trees rustling in the wind.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
• Great blue herons, which breed in our region, make platform nests on the upper branches of dead and live cottonwoods.
  — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
• Take a tour of ranch headquarters or stroll through the cottonwood trees shading the wash and try to guess how many movies have been filmed here.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
• Go lower in the valley, and the cottonwoods are turning yellow.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2023
• The children also climbed in a makeshift treehouse in a gnarled cottonwood by the river, playing on a rope swing.
  — Ian James Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• In fact, two baby eagles hatched this year in April in a large cottonwood tree in Chicago.
  — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
• From your lofty perch, the main arm of Zion Canyon looks as if it’s carpeted by yellow cottonwoods.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024