Sentence examples for prune back from inspiring English sources

"I'm going to prune back a little".

Northern California authorities are telling a Placer County couple to prune back their deluxe treehouse.

"They want to prune back operations they feel are no longer strategic".

"Sometimes you have to really prune back the tree in order to help it grow".

Prune back to the stem or side branch but don't leave stubs, as they can be a source for disease.

This "cull" will prune back over-fertile humankind and so, perversely, save a planet-wrecking species "on the verge of collapse" thanks to over-population.

Pruning back or reining in are unpleasant tasks.

Though full of good stories readably told, "Invisible Armies" could have been pruned back a bit.

In preparing a native tree for transplantation, both top growth and roots should be pruned back.

This massive "pruning back" of excess synapses often occurs during adolescence.

Titles and forms continue to be mutually enhancing, but the conceptual framework has been pruned back.