The phrase "in the shadow of a tree" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a location or position that is shaded by a tree. Example: She sat contentedly on the bench in the shadow of a tree, enjoying the cool breeze and dappled sunlight.
Shrubs tend to struggle and die in the shadow of a tree.
The dogs saw him first, sensed him, perhaps, because he lay partially obscured in the shadow of a tree.
The aid worker, Annalena Tonelli, 60, was shot about 8 p.m. on Sunday by a man who had been hiding in the shadow of a tree, waiting for her to emerge from the hospital in Borama, the official said.
Watch the dappled ground in the shadow of a tree for images depicting the eclipsed sun instead of the usual round disks.
So the following day, as the rest of the group goes into the ceremony room, I sit on the lawn in the shadow of a tree and take iboga on my own.
On the one end of the spectrum, there is the "trees-water-and-a-meadow" variety of beauty: landscapes that invite you in -- to bathe, to lie in the shadow of a tree or to enjoy a meal in one of the quaint coastal towns or hillside villages that you can see in the far distance, huddled around a church steeple.
Brachiano's first duchess, Isabella, and Vittoria's own husband, Camillo, it seems, were both threatening to bury Vittoria alive in the shadow of a yew tree.
Don't choose a spot under a tree or in the shadow of a building.
No, it is the shadow of a plane tree".
He stood in the dappled shadow of a tree, the tang of burnt black powder in the air.
The Riverdale Family Practice plans to build a seven-story building in the shadow of the tree that would include medical offices, stores and housing for the elderly.
