How to Use yew in a Sentence

yew

noun
  • But the ancient yew tree may not be around much longer.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 June 2019
  • For example, a yew shrub can live in a shady yard, but a pine needs full sun.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The kitchen faces the glass atrium, which on cool days can be opened up to a side yard shaded with a large yew tree.
    — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Robin Hood of English legend was armed with a stout yew bow.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Learn how waste becomes grower’s gold Want to get rid of the toxic yew in your yard?
    — Joe Jaszewski, idahostatesman, 17 Mar. 2017
  • The crow is on a branch of the yew tree, cocking its head and holding something on one side of its beak, as if to peer at it with the left eye.
    — Anne Carson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Juniper and pine will have a more noticeable scent than spruce, fir, or yew.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
  • It is thought that the yew was used to create longbows for his royal archers in the lead-up to the Battle of Bannockburn.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
  • The church tower came into view and Mr. O’Shea turned in to a churchyard bordered by cypress and yew trees.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Sticks from yew plants, for example, can be toxic to dogs.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The pool was expected to have an apple or rose walk, a yew hedge, and a vegetable garden.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The mood is not for cubes of boxwood and precision-cut yew, but a wilder shagginess.
    — Kendra Wilson, Vogue, 21 May 2019
  • In the elegant study—a former home theater—a vintage burr yew wood desk holds court.
    — Busola Evans, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Guests at Dromoland receive a map of the gardens upon check-in, and should not miss the dramatic yew tree gallery, which dates back to 1740.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The roughly 1,900-square-foot terrace has a pergola off the study and is landscaped with a border of boxwood and yew and beech trees.
    — E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The cherry laurels look great, but the Japanese yews are struggling.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Stop by the Bog Garden, where a trio of 600-year-old yew trees sits alongside a gently trickling waterfall.
    — Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
  • None of these species are super fast-growing, but boxwoods and the upright yew varieties are among the slowest.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There’s also a playground, a yew maze, Rose Garden, and topiary chess set.
    — Ellen Scolnic, Philly.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • This trimmer worked smoothly cutting through softer growth on both yew and spirea shrubs but struggled with tougher woody parts.
    — Alice Knisley Matthias, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2025
  • For other areas, there are spreading forms of the Japanese yew and junipers.
    — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The plants included shrubs and birch trees that still live in Greenland today, but also poplar, spruce and yew trees that are only found further south.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Natchez’ crepe myrtle and cedar tree in the center bed, adding a Japanese maple for screening and shade as well as low-lying spreading yews, lavender phlox, and lamb’s ears.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Though the torreya tree is usually the draw, Brown considers the Florida yew important to the park’s landscape as well.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
  • While bushwhacking through hellish yew thickets, the sling kept twisting and finally unscrewed the swivel stud.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2020
  • However, the best-selling cancer drug of all time, Taxol, is a natural product made from yew tree extract.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • For instance, deer will generally eat yews and arborvitae, and leave boxwood alone.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Intermixed were added English yew trees, cedars, and stands of California coast redwoods.
    — Shirley Burgett, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2017
  • Its yew trees, themselves a replacement for the original hornbeam, are threadbare in places where eager visitors have brushed up against them.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Thanks to her German origin, Victoria's mother had brought in yew trees for the holidays, but Victoria and Albert really made the trend catch on in 1848.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 2 Dec. 2019

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