How to Use branch in a Sentence

branch

1 of 2 noun
  • The bank has a new branch in our area.
  • She works at the branch office downtown.
  • Cut each stem back to a side branch or bud.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • The branches arch as the plant ages.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Cut all branches and shoots down to the base.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Instead, the bird moves from branch to branch.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • No nests, clear piles of branches or wood and no trash.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Then think of a tree with strong, thick roots and big branches.
    — Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This cut will remove the branch and the bulk of the heavy weight.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Doba raked the leaves around the grave with a branch from the ground.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Gently lift it toward the branch and twist it.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One tree fell and a branch cut through their roof, stopping just above their bed.
    — Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Cut entire dead branches back all the way to the ground.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • This causes branches to break from the weight of the fruit.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • Use your fingers to break off the branches.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Looking for a branch near you or to get your first library card?
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This encourages the plant to branch and form a nice shape.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • First, remove all stems and branches that are dead.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Simply trim back branches to a healthy bud.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The ten captive vultures were perched on a tree branch in the aviary.
    — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Use driftwood or a piece of a thick branch for the pumpkin stem.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The body draped over the upper branches of the red oak does not move.
    — Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Keep an eye out for branches, rocks, or bottles.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 June 2026
  • But there’s more than two-by-fours and branches lying around.
    — Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Roads were littered with limbs and branches, and some were caked in mud.
    — WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Spray leaves top and bottom, stems, branches, etc.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Remove the longer branch just above the place where it is attached to the main stem.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026

branch

2 of 2 verb
  • The stream branches from the river near their house.
  • First, mast cells branched away from the early macrophages.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • Most trails branch off, so a partner helps ensure you don’t get lost.
    — Sarah Michel, refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Always cut at a branching point.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • The key is to branch out while you are inspired and do something brand-new.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Young plants may not branch readily.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Johnson said now was the time to branch out from the window that gave them their start.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
  • On June 2, Sandy also branched for the first time.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
  • The two species grow in branching colonies in shallow water.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But many chose to branch out with playful color, shape and design changes.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Make each cut just above a leaf or node where leaves attach to the stem; this is where new growth can branch.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Cutting close to the base of the plant promotes branching and fuller growth.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 14 Apr. 2026
  • This will promote branching and produce a fuller plant.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If the path branched to the left, Fano added a 0; right branches got a 1.
    — Quanta Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • The goal is to train up a young crop of athletes who may one day branch out with an all-women’s league.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Even with so many branching paths, though, there are some key outcomes in the final episode.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
  • By the end of the decade, Fiddler had branched into dance music.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Here rose swamps and ponds, enormous dark lakes and silver rivers that branched and ran like strands of mycelium.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Cutting healthy stems stimulates the plant to branch out from the node right below the cut.
    — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Cut back the center stem when the plant is about knee high to promote branching and more flowers.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
  • What happens next depends on a branching series of events.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Cut the long stems for a summery bouquet—the plants will branch and produce more flowers.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • Some kinds of trees, such as spruces and firs, start branching just above the ground, and other species have more than one stem.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • There are also visual differences — antlers are branched, while horns are not.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
  • When an optometrist shines a bright light into your eyes, a vast, branching tree sprouts in your field of vision.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
  • Riders make their way through a mesa area on Tatooine with options to choose three or four branching paths.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
  • Tiny leaves and a dense branching habit give boxwood a strong visual presence in any landscape.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t be afraid to branch out to newer media to establish your brand’s expert voice.
    — Amine Rahal, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The house is designed with no hallways, but instead fingers that branch out from the main courtyard.
    — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • Plants are heavily branched, with each branch producing one or more fruit clusters.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026

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