Sample sentences for ARBORETUM

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a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

a picnic lunch at the arboretum

On Saturday afternoons, he took her on outings—to matinees, to free public rehearsals of the symphony, for strolls through the arboretum.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
The plan was to go off to a party in the arboretum: a tradition on the first warm weekend of the year.
Lauren Oliver -- Before I Fall
But then I have to laugh because my mother can't help but comment on the flowers, since they fall in her area of expertise as an Arboretum worker.
Ally Condie -- Matched
It was Matron's intent that Missing resemble an arboretum, or a corner of Kensington Gardens (where, before she came to Africa, she used to walk as a young nun), or Eden before the Fall.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
I was to get into the box so Sarah Byrnes could wheel me eight or ten blocks to the edge of the arboretum, where I would jump out and run through the trees like a bowling ball dodging pins.
Chris Crutcher -- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
The stuff he sees today is truly amazing-fabrics like butter, fountains tinkling in an airy arboretum near the food court, a pair of Versace shoes in one store that he'd give anything to buy.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
Your mother's trips to the other Arboretums.
Ally Condie -- Matched
The Crakers could live in the park near the arboretum, coloured green on the map and marked with a tree symbol.
Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake
We were both polite and normal on the air-train ride to the Arboretum this morning; we both know how to perform when we're being watched.
Ally Condie -- Matched
"I thought you were eating lunch at the Arboretum," Xander says.
Ally Condie -- Matched
The one in Grandia was in the Arboretum, in an experimental field that had been fallow for a long time.
Ally Condie -- Matched
Life Is Life meets on the grounds of the arboretum in a nearby Ohio town, which shall remain nameless.
Jennifer Niven -- All the Right Places
My mother hardly speaks as we ride the train to the Arboretum together.
Ally Condie -- Matched
There was an arboretum on the roof of my apartment building.
Ernest Cline -- Ready Player One
Her thoughts are far away somewhere, perhaps back at the Arboretum.
Ally Condie -- Matched
I have to write a formal report and submit it to the Officials in charge of the other Arboretum.
Ally Condie -- Matched
We went to another Arboretum to look at some crops.
Ally Condie -- Matched
We don't even drive that far, just to the Arboretum, where we park the car, and before he reaches for me, I say, "What happened with Roamer?"
Jennifer Niven -- All the Right Places
He steps off the air train and disappears with the other students while I ride on toward the Arboretum.
Ally Condie -- Matched

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