Oaks
[əuks]
Examples
- Caroline looked at the wicket-gate, beside which holly-oaks spired up tall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rivers flowed with wine and milk: The oaks yielded honey; and nature spontaneously produced her greatest delicacies. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- About an hour's ride over a rough, rocky road, half flooded with water, and through a forest of oaks of Bashan, brought us to Dan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here, in a thicket of stunted oaks, her verandahs spread themselves above the island-dotted waters. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The little township of Bashan was once the kingdom so famous in Scripture for its bulls and its oaks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They turned cautiously round, and were advancing between the oaks of the forest, down a green lane. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A pleasant green field, with three wide-spreading oaks in the middle and a smooth strip of turf for croquet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- From the mountain's peak its broken turrets rise above the groves of ancient oaks and olives, and look wonderfully picturesque. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Theresa