How to Use the bush in a Sentence
the bush
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Ruff didn’t beat around the bush with that.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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Coffee is served out in the bush.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
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There is no beating around the bush.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 25 May 2026
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Skims is bringing the bush back.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Any minute the bush squirrels above would sound the alarm.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
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Look for people who are smart and who don’t beat around the bush.
—Scott Voigt, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Not beating around the bush or anything there.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 May 2026
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Opening the lodge patio door, we were hit with the sounds of the bush.
—Lucy Edwards, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024
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There’s no beating around the bush here, Marathon needs to be a hit.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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Ward didn’t beat around the bush in the postgame press conference.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
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All parts of the bush that are too small or weak to hold up the new growth must be removed.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
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The paths through the bush are infested with these ticks, as are many back yards.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
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The end of her stick splintered on the ground like tree trunks snapping in the bush.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
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Prune other stems as needed to shape the bush and give it a balanced form.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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So there has to be a way of tending the grass around it as a way of getting close to the bush.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
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The guide begins pointing to something in the bush, right at the base of the tree trunk.
—Will McGough, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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The man notices the bush is sentient, gets spooked, and yells about the bush running away.
—Vulture, 8 May 2023
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The Karen accepted them and taught them how to survive in the bush.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
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Apply the soil drench to the base of the bush once a month for three months in the spring or early summer.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2025
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Sundowners are out in the bush, often by a water hole.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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However, there’s nothing like a gin and tonic to end the day in the bush.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
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An hour into the bush and a dung beetle had already pushed its namesake orb across our path.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
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Their necks were broken and they were dragged away to the bush to be impaled, their bowels punctured.
—Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
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After all, in the dark or in the middle of the bush, victims won’t always know what bit them.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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The astrologer doesn't beat around the bush or sugarcoat anything.
—Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
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Buzz, especially, makes constant checks on the bush around us.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
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This easy task is known as thumb pruning and facilitates keeping the bush open to air and sun.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
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All have wide views across the bush or river, some are wrapped around ancient trees, others flanked by granite rocks.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025
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The major told me that many Soviet gas masks can still be found scattered in the bush.
—Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
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For Fendick, moments like this are part of growing up and working in the bush.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
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