Sources of elastic wood

Usage examples of yews.

Through the yews on the path he thought he could see a face in a window.

Nicholas drove the car between the yews and, looking left and right as he did so, got out.

A hedge of ancient yews marked the end, ten metres high, laden with their squishy dull-red berries.

Turning down the drive of yews, hollies, laurels, which almost hid The Priory from the top road, she remembered her promise to keep her eyes skinned for Rupert.

Despite the warmth, the cedars, wellingtonias and yews flanking the house were already full of orange leaves from the nearby horse chestnuts, and the ground was littered with conkers.

It was one in a line of graves among a group of tall ancient yews, and it was so dark there that he had to put on his torch to find it.

At all events with Cowper lurking somewhere on the far side of the yews, any further attempt by Johnny to get down into the vault was quite out of the question.

They were approaching an avenue of ancient yews, the dark green foliage thick and lush, some of the main branches spreading out over the road.

Through the bare wet branches of the tangled wood I could just make out the shape of yews, and the pointed roof of the little red chapel.

Black yews, grey stones, a white chrysanthemum strewing its petals on a grave.

And black in the shadow of the yews, but outlined clearly against the slab of a marble tomb beyond, a giant.