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Example sentences for "brushy"

Lexicographically close words:
brushed; brushes; brushing; brushwood; brushwork; brusk; bruskly; brusque; brusquely; brusqueness
  1. On the left jutted out a high, brown, brushy point named Point Loma, with a solid white lighthouse, built long ago by the Spaniards, standing forth as a landmark on the very nose.

  2. The former is limited in northwestern South Dakota to brushy habitats in riparian communities, whereas P.

  3. The desert cottontail is a common inhabitant of the uplands of Harding County, especially where varied local relief and in some instances brushy vegetation provide suitable cover.

  4. Some of his victims were slain far from the river, in winding, brushy coulies of the Bad Lands, where the broken nature of the ground rendered stalking easy.

  5. Fortunately the wolf plunged for a moment into a little brushy hollow and again doubled back, and this gave us a chance to see the end of the chase from nearby.

  6. He and Harry gave a last look behind and on either side, searching the brushy expanse for other outfits; then they left the friendly cottonwood and headed westward again, in the tracks of the wagon before.

  7. In August bears come down to an ancient and now brushy bark-peeling near by for blackberries.

  8. Presently, through the thick brushy growth, we caught sight of a small animal running along, that we at first took for a red squirrel.

  9. Came from Elder Walker's across the prairie, about nineteen miles, and encamped on {147} Brushy creek.

  10. Traveled twenty miles and encamped on Brushy fork of Shoal creek, on the prairie.

  11. The Rancho Palomar stretched ten miles to the south and it would be a strange coincidence if, in that stretch of rolling, brushy country, a human being should cross his path.

  12. Neotoma micropus= Southern Plains Wood Rat Most of the specimens examined were trapped in brushy areas.

  13. Though comparatively young, they were about 100 feet high, and their lithe, brushy tops were rocking and swirling in wild ecstasy.

  14. Great numbers of deer also delight to dwell in the brushy portions of the bee-pastures.

  15. The brushy draws of the low lava ranges and the open sage stretches of the East-side constitute the favorite preserve of this lesser bird of prey.

  16. As the season advances they take up quarters on brushy mountain sides, or in the deciduous skirts of fierce mountain torrents.

  17. It is especially fond of pine groves and rough brushy hillsides near water.

  18. With high boots one may wade the bed of a brushy creek near Yakima and count certainly on finding a Merrill Song Sparrow's nest every five or ten rods.

  19. Summer resident on brushy slopes and in timbered valleys of the higher ranges thruout the State, and irregularly at lower levels, at least on Puget Sound (Tacoma).

  20. Though often found in the depths of the forest, these shy rabbits prefer to live in the brushy thickets that border high mountain meadows and line the streams.

  21. By early fall their new antlers have hardened, been cleaned of velvet, and polished in the brushy thickets.

  22. The fawns are reddish too, but covered with pale spots, a combination that blends well with lights and shadows in the brushy places where the does choose to hide them.

  23. It is also known as the plains whitetail, because it was once common along brushy draws and river bottoms throughout the prairie regions.

  24. The stalk and pounce technique of the common house cat is most effective in brushy country where the low crouch of the lion places its bulk behind the close ground cover.

  25. The closest equivalent is to be found in the brushy borders of mountain streams, and here the "snowshoes" are most often found.

  26. The wild dogs hunt plains and brushy country for ground squirrels and rabbits.

  27. Illustration: Habitat map] Habitat: Forests and brushy areas from near sea level to lower edge of the Alpine Life Zone.

  28. Doubtless, the latter method under some conditions is admirable, particularly in very brushy countries.

  29. With a lateral bound he cleared the brushy hedge and was lost to view.

  30. One morning, after all the mighty hunters had gone out on their quest, Foster picked up his shot-gun, jocularly remarked that he guessed he would fetch in a bear, and limped away toward a brushy ridge.

  31. There was not much left of the musket, but in front of where it had been was a pool of blood, and a crimson-splashed trail led away from that spot across the flat and down a brushy gulch.

  32. He isn't fond of the open Green Meadows or of damp places as Danny is, but likes best the edge of the Green Forest and brushy places.

  33. Whitefoot loves the Green Forest, but out in parts of the Far West where there is no Green Forest he lives on the brushy plains.

  34. He has a brushy tail, but it is not as thick as Reddy's.

  35. Yowler is found in nearly all of the swampy, brushy and wooded parts of the whole country, excepting in the great forests of the Far North, where his cousin Tufty the Lynx lives.

  36. Sometimes he lives in brush heaps and in brushy country, but he prefers rocks, and that is why he is known as the Rock Mouse.

  37. Goldfinches are found along hedgerows, wood margins, brushy fields, and flower gardens, especially where cosmos are growing.

  38. It breeds in open brushy places, barrens, slashings, and forest edges from Canada to the gulf coast, and often ventures into landscaped yards.

  39. We passed the last of the brushy hills, and, crossing a small divide, came over slopes of volcanic cinders to a little water spot with dwarf willows and grass.

  40. Packing all his kit into the chuck-wagon, and throwing on a few sticks of wood, the cook had struck out through the dog towns and across the brushy flats and set up his fire irons by the side of a man-made lake.

  41. In the vegetation maps, this brushy zone is delimited on the east by a heavy line passing vertically through the middle of the grid (Figs.

  42. The brushy areas of oak and mixed shrub give way at the top of the slope to pinyon-juniper forest with an understory of Artemisia nova and Purshia tridentata.

  43. Sagebrush areas, or brushy zones adjacent to the pinyon-juniper woodland usually do not contain juniper logs; when hollow juniper trees or logs are not available, P.

  44. The average number of prisoners worked in the Brushy Mountain mines is about seven hundred and fifty.

  45. Later, when the frost had left the ground, and his mate was growing anxious to be selecting a nesting-place, he might be seen on the topmost twig of one of the taller small trees in every brushy place on every hillside.

  46. Not only do deer thrive on land unsuited for cattle or horses, but, like elk, they may be raised to great advantage in brushy or timbered pastures fully stocked with cattle or horses, as the food of deer rarely includes grass.

  47. Goats, however, eat closer to the ground; and as the two animals get along well together, Mr. Russ recommends the use of both for clearing up brushy land and fitting it for tame grasses.

  48. Furthermore, deer and elk may be raised to advantage in forests and on rough, brushy ground unfitted for either agriculture or stock raising, thus utilizing for profit much land that is now waste.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brushy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.