Sentence examples for lopped branches from inspiring English sources

Back at the site, where the protesters claimed to have dug new tunnels, Indiana watched as the contractors lopped branches off a large oak.

The rural households used either whole tree or lopped branches as firewood.

She said: "On the day of his death he climbed trees in the church grounds to lop branches, as the gardener was too nervous to climb so high.

Countless generations of gardeners have painted tar or paint on wounds after lopping off branches.

That's likely to mean lopping several branches off the tree of human evolution.

Every few seasons, a pickup truck marked "Tree Preservtion Service" pulls into a suburban street & deposits three or four men with ladders & saws who spend a coule of hours lopping off branches that grow out over the road.

The New Yorker, January 31 , 1970 P. 25Every few seasons, a pickup truck marked "Tree Preservtion Service" pulls into a suburban street & deposits three or four men with ladders & saws who spend a coule of hours lopping off branches that grow out over the road.

As soon as you realize your apple tree needs pruning, it can be tempting to jump to it and start lopping off branches immediately.

Finally, in June, I gave up hope and lopped off the branches to stake my tomatoes.

That technique depends heavily on the use of iron axes, because seed is sown in the ashes of branches lopped from trees.

A week later, you find half the branches lopped to leave jagged sharp edges at eye-level and the rest still firmly in place.