How to Use fir in a Sentence

fir

noun
Definition of firnext
  • So the fir, the U.S. was the first party to breach the deal.
    — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The ceilings are tongue-in-groove pine, stained to blend with the fir.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2020
  • Walk into the fields to choose among spruces and firs, priced from $25 to $35.
    — courant.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The pine, cedar, fir and oak trees are piles of pickup sticks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Two logging trucks, lined nose-to-tail, moved the huge fir.
    — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
  • That helped my mind map the image: a small church, fir trees.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • That part of the road curved around the fir, cutting so close that the cars drove right over its roots.
    — Ruth Ozeki, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • It’s made from fir wood, with a handsome grain stained in a deep, rich brown.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The area is covered in Jeffrey pine, sage, and fir trees.
    — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Is there an insect in the Doug fir that could be doing this?
    — oregonlive.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The fir gets cut down in young adulthood to be a Christmas tree in a well-to-do house in town.
    — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The fir and sequoia look tall enough so that would give you all sorts of room if pruned 50% or less.
    — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The fir beams and white V-match plank ceiling make the main living space feel homey.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The ecosystem with trees like spruce, pine, and fir makes up about one-third of all forests on the planet.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 1 July 2023
  • If a fir tree is felled too early, the needles fall off.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Cedar and pine boughs are common enough in many places, but fir boughs make the softest bed.
    — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • Mom, put down the axe!), but all will be forgiven by the time that one-of-a-kind fir finds its way home.
    — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In Spokane last week, a thick, gray fog draped the sky, obscuring the view of Mount Spokane and the fir trees that dot the skyline here.
    — Jim Carlton and Nour Malas, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
  • This ecosystem — with trees like spruce, pine, and fir — make up about one-third of all forests on the planet.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Star Wars fans can show off their love fir the famous franchise with a themed mug.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Steps lead up to the enormous living room, where the fir plank ceiling peaks at 12 feet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The powdered rosin is extracted from the sap of fir trees and is sticky in nature.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2021
  • The birds are said to be coming south because of a poor cone crop on spruce and fir trees in Canada.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Signs of progress include fir and spruce sprouting this summer along the creek.
    — Tammy Webber and Martha Irvine, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Rather, workers will remove pine, fir and cedar trees in some places.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The wreath includes dahlias, sweet peas, phlox, white heather, and pine fir, all picked from the Balmoral Estate.
    — Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022
  • To the north, moose, caribou, and black bears pick their way through spruce-fir forest and mossy tundra.
    — Outside Online, 25 July 2022
  • Three fir trees are brought to the Marble Hall in Buckingham Palace each year.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Visitors can find aspen, pine and fir trees in its sky islands.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024

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