How to Use hickory in a Sentence

hickory

noun
  • Some like oaks and hickory trees keep their green leaves for longer.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The oxtails have a hefty char and smoke to them from the hickory.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Squirrels live off seed sources from hickories, oaks, and pines.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • They often were made from the wood of ash trees, but could be made from maple, hickory or pine.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 26 June 2017
  • Most of the pieces of furniture in our home are made of hickory.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Mesquite is stronger and sweeter than hickory.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Other nuts like walnuts and hickory nuts go through the same process.
    — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021
  • They can also be found at the base of hickory, oak, elm, ash, tulip, poplar or sycamore trees.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Early vaulters carried a rigid pole of ash or hickory that was heavy and didn’t bend.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
  • Also stock up on habanero smoke sticks and hickory smoke sticks.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • And the skin, dry rubbed in spices and hickory smoked for three hours, really shines.
    — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Boots are rinsed free of sand and hung to dry atop the hickory handles of peaveys jabbed into logs.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
  • So, here's to trying the hickory syrup that’s been described as smoky and woodsy.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The boy used a hickory limb and a piece of binder twine for a bow, and stiff meadow weeds for arrows.
    — David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The course has shorter holes for use of the hickory stick clubs that do not send the ball as far as modern clubs.
    — Lyndi McNulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The spread of pecans The pecan is a nut related to the hickory.
    — Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Caldwell uses a blend of hickory and pear.
    — J.c. Reid, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The cooks at George's prepare the meat entrees on a open pit with hickory logs.
    — Jared Boyd, AL.com, 24 June 2017
  • The forest is filled with red and white oaks, sugar maples, basswoods and hickory trees.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • Lake Milton is a state park with houses on it, and white oak and hickory trees dot the area.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020
  • But the land described did indeed have stands of hard hickory and ash, which were good for crafting weapons.
    — Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2021
  • That said, head to the area in late fall, as the surrounding oak and hickory trees put on a brilliant show.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And patches of hickory beech, red maple, and birch trees sprinkled the heathlands.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
  • The hardwood stands include red and white oak, hickory and walnut.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2018
  • Beyond the windows were rows of soon-to-bud grapevines and a mashup of hickory and pecan trees known as hicans.
    — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2019
  • The flooring on this level is a mix of oak and vinyl plank with the appearance of hickory.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • This new fish breaks the previous state record for hickory shad, which was caught in the same river just over a year ago.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2022
  • That rule applies whether the bacon is thick-cut or thin, hickory or maple-smoked, the fancy stuff or the cheap stuff.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2021
  • In a high-traffic kitchen, the hardness and density of hickory stand up well.
    — Jan Soults Walker, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2021
  • At best, invasive plants and insects will wipe out the native oak, hickory, beech and maple trees.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2018

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