Sentence examples for breaking off branches from inspiring English sources

And yet, I hear black birch leaves breaking off branches and rasping as they land on the rocks below.

There were broken off branches from half submerged dead elms that might have passed as spears, swords or sabres.

Both sexes use their horns to break off branches too high to grasp with their lips and tongue.

They could even break off branches and fashion them into hooks or barbs that suited their needs.

The two shouted threats at rescue workers and broke off branches to throw at police officers, who said they did not know why the men had climbed the tree.

They often use their long horns to break off branches.

Students climbed trees to break off branches for the flames.

They also use their horns to break off branches that are hard to reach.

The police then broke off branches from nearby trees, broke the windows of the bus, and threw pepper spray and tear gas inside the bus.

Live bark is often ripped off the tree in strips up to a meter long and then the cambium is removed with canines (e.g., C. africana trees), or bark is peeled back from twigs broken off of branches and then the pith is consumed (e.g., P. angolensis trees; Waser 1977; Olupot 1998; RLC, personal observation).

He spent the last month stalking the neighborhood streets at night, breaking off the branches of young trees.