Sentence examples for scrub from inspiring English sources

Walking down this stretch of the canal now, much of the land has been taken over by scrub.

For one thing, these two mines' annual contribution would practically scrub out the savings from Australia's emissions reduction target.

I had expected desert and scrub, but instead hibiscus and bougainvillea billowed across rooftops, and orange trees dripping fruit lined the busy roads.

"There's an old road that leads up into the scrub from the back of the information centre," said Bob. "What they've done is put it on a truck and taken it up there and laid it on its side in the bush, and at the end that's facing towards Bowen they've covered it up with tree branches and shade cloths so nobody can see it".

The loss of traditional grazing in many areas has seen these flowers shaded out by scrub – clearing this, and controlling bracken growth, is required for both the violets and the butterfly.

Everywhere you walk there are sad, orphaned relics – lone mailboxes, a decorative urn, a pizza oven, a sign on a knee-high gate in the middle of an empty patch of scrub that says, THIS PROPERTY NO SMOKING.

It rained all day on Friday, and the dash from our room to the spa area, - where Alice had a hammam scrub, a hard wash in a steamy room - soaked us through.

Kalpana and I walk to sandy Manal Kinaru beach, five minutes from Father David's house: warm waves break on a shore of wild scrub and sugar palms, a few birds hop about, and there's not another person nor a building in sight.

From a distance it appears to be little more than a cloud of dust and scrub.

If the Adani and GVK mines are developed then they easily scrub out Australia's greenhouse gas reductions based on that 5% target.

Add the carrot and potato – I scrub, rather than peel my veg – rumour has it that the best bits are lurking under the skin, so leave it on.