How to Use white oak in a Sentence

white oak

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  • The Salem Oak was the tallest white oak tree – about 103 feet – in the state at the time of its collapse.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
  • He was shot in the back of the head twice before the men hanged him from a white oak tree.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 June 2021
  • Kitchen Humphrey opted for white oak wood in the kitchen.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Fisk and Hinshaw stained all the new white oak millwork to match the floors.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The room is now lighter and brighter, with walls sheathed in rippling beech wood and the stage clad in white oak.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The crew still cuts down white oak and pecan trees and splits the logs in the big lot behind the old country store.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In their place, Blair added wide-plank French white oak floors throughout the home.
    — Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The acorns of the species in the white oak group germinate soon after dropping in the fall.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The den has Eastern white oak and French doors that open to a north-facing porch.
    — oregonlive, 20 May 2021
  • Windows now line the east wall, so sunshine streams over the white oak floor.
    — Anne Brockhoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • New custom white oak flooring was installed to match the rest of the home.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Off came the polyurethane coating on our white oak floors and the heavy curtains in the dining room.
    — Lauren McBrayer, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The nine-foot-tall front glass pivot door leads to rooms with wide-plank white oak floors.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Chinkapin oaks, like bur oaks, are of the white oak family.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The red and white oak used for the mirrors, stools, and shelves are set against a mostly white box-style room.
    — Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Rows of white oak and pecan firewood are stacked floor-to-ceiling.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 14 July 2022
  • Last spring that white oak still had its brown autumn leaves.
    — baltimoresun.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • And then using a white oak and that sort of thing and playing around with cherry.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Flooring: Both experts say that wide-plank white oak is the choice du jour.
    — Washington Post, 25 May 2021
  • Above the handsome new white oak floor are large lozenge-like hanging lamps.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The nest is high in a white oak tree on private property near a stream.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Now reduced to a stump, the white oak tree that once served as a gallows sits in the cellar of a bar on Main Street.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Beneath the staircase is a recess daybed built out of white oak.
    — Monica Mercuri, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The jute and cotton rug continues the pattern and color of the white oak floor.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • The floors are made of white oak, red hardwood and stone imported from Texas.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022
  • From the exterior, the steel frame is clad in white oak and copper.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The pools are set within a plaza planted with swamp white oak trees, a native species in all three of the 9/11 crash sites.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
  • All of the white oak for the floors was also sourced from within a 200-mile radius of the property.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The master suite has suede panel walls, wide-plank white oak floors and a balcony.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Row 94 Whiskey is distilled at Green River, aged for four years in new white oak barrels with a level-four char, and bottled at 94 proof.
    — Kevin Gray, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

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