How to Use forest in a Sentence

forest

1 of 2 noun
  • Fires destroyed acres of forest.
  • The forest comes right to the pane.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Would clearing forests warm the earth?
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Dense forests have replaced the olive groves.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • When wetlands were filled in and forests cut down.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Or that there is a state forest within the city?
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • On the far left, there is a burning forest.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.
    Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2026
  • As a result, she’s forced to hide in the forest.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Like a forest bath, or rolling verdant hills.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • Ground sloths and mastodons are linked to forest habitats.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Who knows what kind of predators might hunt them in a forest like this?
    Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The story doesn’t end in the forest.
    Ryan Brennan april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This bill would set at least some of the forests aside for preservation.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Be sure to pack a picnic and head to the cool shade of the forest park.
    Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That's where micro-forests come into play.
    Emily Kwong, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That the forests went on forever.
    Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Now some 150 of them roam free on the paths and in the forest.
    Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
  • Nobody knows how many Jarawa died in the forest.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • All the forests in Arizona are available there.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The city also boasts one of the largest urban forests in the nation.
    Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The words in our prompts are recognized by trees across the forest.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Gene and Betsy had lived in their home in the piñon forest for decades.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Keep the forests for air, water, for all of our benefit.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Abarca cut the engines, and a chorus of nun birds rose from the forests.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Forest will never roam the wild forests his name suggests.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • At the former, the great room opens up to a deck with stunning forest views.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2026
  • To get there, park your car on the side of the road and walk along a short dirt path through a lush forest.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026

forest

2 of 2 verb
  • So, too, will forest fires like the ones this summer that struck Siberia.
    The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The state's long, hot and dry summers leave grasses, shrubs and forests highly flammable.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • This fall, steal a moment to forest bathe or lose yourself in a wide open space far from the madding crowd.
    Mary Carol Garrity, kansascity, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The island was forested with palmettos and live oaks, but there was no sign of primate life.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Whether you’re headed somewhere remote and forested or through a string of big cities, this is gear made to last.
    Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
  • These three trails have varied scenery from urban to forest to rural areas.
    John Pana, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The building’s roof was forested with aerials and satellite dishes.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • At the root of the problem is how heavily forested Bordeaux is.
    Kate Dingwall, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • Botanical garden bathing is close enough to forest bathing that only sticklers would find fault.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Almost two-thirds of Saarland is protected land, and more than one-third is forested.
    Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • That has lowered the rate that forests soak up carbon dioxide and increased the risk of wildfires, which have added to emissions.
    Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg.com, 24 Jan. 2020
  • One side of the draw where the deer lay is heavily forested, with timber running from the bottom clear over the top of the ridge.
    William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Keeping rivers fishable and forests healthy shouldn’t be controversial.
    Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • But this would mean foresting an area with a size somewhere between that of India and Canada.
    The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • The river side is forested with cottonwoods, black walnut, willow, valley oak and sycamore trees.
    Al Pierleoni, sacbee, 18 May 2018
  • The Smokies is densely forested, with nearly nine hundred miles of trail and little to no cell service.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Overall, the collected plant evidence shows that the area was humid and forested when the dinosaurs roamed.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Orpheus is seven miles long and a mile and a half at its widest, lushly forested and gently hilly, with the resort tucked in above a fringe of white-sand beach.
    Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The porch at Las Cruces opens to a wide expanse of mountains alternately cleared and forested.
    Jennie Erin Smith, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The same could be said of the careful management that goes into keeping Michigan’s state forests healthy and abundant.
    Michigan Department Of Natural Resources, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2018
  • In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer.
    Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The early humans living in these caves would have forested for berries and hunted smaller animals like monkeys and small deer.
    Nick Whigham, Fox News, 10 May 2018
  • Before the impact, the area was richly forested and home to many species of dinosaur, as well as small mammals that were around the size of a porcupine.
    Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Taiga forest north of the Mongolian border, is a mile deep in some places and believed to be 25 million years old.
    Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The valley was once deeply forested, but its trees had been burned for charcoal, to provide income for militants and their families.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The viper was transported to a cage in a lab that resembled the semi-arid land of scrub and forest the snakes normally inhabit.
    Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Buhl said impacts to forest health are taking out roughly as many trees as wildfires, which are also now more likely and more intense by climate change.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Photos shared on Facebook show the rescue scene was heavily forested, and rescuers worked in knee-deep water to save the man.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2026
  • Portugal, like most southern European countries, is prone to forest fires in the dry summer months.
    Armando Franca, The Denver Post, 18 June 2017
  • Over the years there have been tensions between the Gujjars and Hindus in the region over land use and the right to forest resources.
    Kamakshi Ayyar, Time, 27 Apr. 2018

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