How to Use aspen in a Sentence

aspen

noun
Definition of aspennext
  • There are four switchbacks on the final mile of the drive to the trailhead with lots of aspen to see.
    — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 3 June 2024
  • As for foliage, picture groves of aspens turning shining gold.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The sap groove prevents sticky buildup, which is perfect for working on resinous plants like creosote bush, aspen, desert willows, birch, and alder.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
  • At that altitude, groves of aspen and willow trees were radiant with fall color, filling creek beds and high mountain slopes with a riot of glorious hues seen once a year here and only for a week or so.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The only sound was the wind rustling the leaves of the aspens nearby.
    — Cheryl Strayed, Vogue, 17 July 2018
  • The sun peeked through bluish-gray clouds, and the aspen leaves were a brilliant shade of gold.
    — Brad Dokken, The Know, 31 July 2019
  • Back on 260, the road continues to climb through dense groves of aspen and pine.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Lots of poplar, lots of aspen, lots of black spruce, but there’s also a lot of bog in there, a lot of swamp.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The place to watch is the vicinity of Fallen Leaf Lake and its aspens.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • At 6-foot-5, Uiagalelei fills the pocket like an oak in a grove of aspen.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The light shimmered off the aspen leaves like God’s own disco ball.
    — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Outside, the wind was lifting through the fields, turning up the silvery leaves on the aspens.
    — David Means, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Fall colors are abundant from the aspen, maple and oak trees that line the landscape.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Claw marks score the aspens at heights above my head, tufts of fur from the enormous bears who left them snagged by the peeling bark.
    — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
  • There are historic buildings on parts of the trail and groves of aspen trees throughout.
    — Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Razor-sharp axes and saws of all sorts slice through logs of aspen.
    — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Deer, bears and rabbits lived among the pines and aspens, and eagles soared above, hunting for prey.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The Mint Saloon tent is the first Big Agnes tent to feature its own custom aspen print.
    — Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 24 May 2017
  • In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Find yellow aspen and birch along the shoreline and red maples inland.
    — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
  • After breakfast, Gent led us up the hill from the creek past a grove of aspens to sit and talk about our intentions.
    — Sierra Crane Murdoch, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • And the when the aspens turn in autumn, the slopes are absolutely golden.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 13 July 2018
  • In autumn, crowds thin and elk herds swell and bugle amongst the sunset-hues of the aspen and cottonwood trees.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The Greenstone Ridge Trail follows the high central ridge to traverse the length of the island, running through forests of maple and birch, fir and aspen.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 July 2024
  • Stretch your legs for a mile or so along the East Baldy Trail where aspens blaze like soft torches lighting the way through long meadows.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Longbed, shortbed, all kinds of cabs, two-wheel-drive, four-wheel-drive, and all-wheel-drive: the F-150's decision tree is an aspen.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2019
  • From the Visitor Gateway, the 2.6-mile Acastus Trail weaves through pines and aspens.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Meadowlarks sing, and aspens quake in the afternoon breeze.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Find wood from spruce, aspen, birch, willow, or pine trees for kindling.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Woodcock can also be found mixed in with ruffed grouse in aspen stands and thickets of dogwood and hawthorn.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023

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