On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Bough. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as limb and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Bough in a sentence
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Bough meaning
- A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
- A gallows.
Synonyms of Bough
Using Bough
- The main meaning on this page is: A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk. | A gallows.
- Useful related words include: limb, tree branch.
- In the example corpus, bough often appears in combinations such as: golden bough, bough and, bough study.
Context around Bough
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bough
- In this selection, "bough" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, golden, frank, silver, volume, surrounded and breaking stand out and add context to how "bough" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the golden bough a study and the silver bough volume 3. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bough" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bough
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Examples in English are cough, bough, and love, move. (9 words)
Although he's now fallen from grace I learned so much watching Frank Bough. (14 words)
It was presented by Frank Bough and included interviews with Kenneth Williams and Barry Took. (15 words)
McNeill, The Silver Bough, Volume 3, pp.11-46 The belief that the souls of the dead return home on one night of the year seems to have ancient origins and is found in many cultures throughout the world. (39 words)
McNeill, The Silver Bough, Volume 3, pp.11–46 The belief that the souls of the dead return home on one night of the year seems to have ancient origins and is found in many cultures throughout the world. (39 words)
Unaware of her on-point hair game, the little pig munches contentedly on a leafy green bough, surrounded by 24 of her best gal pals and two boys, who were quickly neutered when keepers learned of their boyhood. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
She concluded the lecture with words from The Golden Bough : "If fate has called you, the bough will come easily, and of its own accord.
Hendrick’s body was found nearby off-trail and his water bottle was empty, Bough said in a social media post.
Unaware of her on-point hair game, the little pig munches contentedly on a leafy green bough, surrounded by 24 of her best gal pals and two boys, who were quickly neutered when keepers learned of their boyhood.
Although he's now fallen from grace I learned so much watching Frank Bough.
In a court order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough said the Missouri rule was preempted by federal laws governing investment brokers and was unconstitutionally vague.
With the assistance of Ralph Bough and Ralph de Chabert, Jackson published the first edition of The Herald, on Nov. 1, 1915.
He’s joined in this venture by his erstwhile partner from the first movie in 2003, loyal sidekick Bough (a pleasant Ben Miller.
Residents awoke to the crack of a large bough breaking off a lemon-scented gum tree at 2am on Monday and say they have warned council in the past of the danger.
A mummers play mentioned in The Book of Days (1864) opened with "Old Father Christmas, bearing, as emblematic devices, the holly bough, wassail-bowl, &c". citation The online version is the 1888 reprint.
Examples in English are cough, bough, and love, move.
Fraser, Sir James George The Golden Bough 1922 Kelley, Ruth The Book of Hallowe'en (1919) Kelley himself uses the spelling Og-u-naa..
Frazer, The Golden Bough, 18 It has also been suggested that the name of the temple alludes to the maidens (parthenoi), whose supreme sacrifice guaranteed the safety of the city.
He also wrote several short stories based on J.G. Frazer 's The Golden Bough and a work of literary criticism, The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw.
It was presented by Frank Bough and included interviews with Kenneth Williams and Barry Took.
King compares his uncle's successfully dowsing for water using the bough of an apple branch with the sudden realization of what he wanted to do for a living.
McNeill, The Silver Bough, Volume 3, pp.11-46 The belief that the souls of the dead return home on one night of the year seems to have ancient origins and is found in many cultures throughout the world.
McNeill, The Silver Bough, Volume 3, pp.11–46 The belief that the souls of the dead return home on one night of the year seems to have ancient origins and is found in many cultures throughout the world.
Poetry A Shropshire Lad main '''A Shropshire Lad II: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now''' Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide.
Sir James George Frazer wrote in The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion that 1 May and 1 November are of little importance to European crop-growers, but of great importance to herdsmen.
Sir James George Frazer wrote in The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion that the times of Beltane and Samhain are of little importance to European crop-growers, but of great importance to herdsmen.
Common combinations with bough
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: