How to Use oak in a Sentence

oak

noun

• Tall oaks line the street.
• The cabinets are made of oak.
• The table is solid oak.
• The oak is for the heat and the pecan is for the flavor, Rea said.
  — Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• His spot was at the base of a big oak on the edge of the pasture.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
• An oak tree fell on [the] roof and hit [the] rafters, [and the] structure fell on the male.
  — NBC News, 9 July 2024
• The finish lingers on the back of your tongue, with a hint of oak and smoke.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• The oak trees saved the blue house on East Calaveras Street.
  — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
• Huge oaks and poplars were laid down like dominoes the full length of the ridge.
  — Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
• Light oak runs across the floors, while raffia and leather adorn the walls.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
• The flooring here, as in most of the house, is slated to be oak.
  — Maya Homan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• The pine, cedar, fir and oak trees are piles of pickup sticks.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• That left the youngest son, the one who kept growing like an oak tree.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
• Once in the city, the sides of roads and sidewalks are blocked by neat piles of sawed pine and oak trunks.
  — James Call, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
• So Frink spread pellets around the base of an oak tree.
  — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022
• The 80-foot-tall oak tree in your yard is still growing.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 18 June 2022
• One is on the south side of the cemetery near a spot where a large oak tree once stood in the late 1960.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
• The lawns are dotted with large oak and sycamore trees, some of them 400 years old.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
• The oak pews on the main floor date back to the building’s construction.
  — Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
• Then to have to weave that line back through an oak tree is a challenge.
  — al, 8 Sep. 2021
• The original oak floors stretch through the whole first floor.
  — Brianna Griff, Chron, 19 Feb. 2023
• The oak tree curled along the red fire escape that led to the workshop from a back entrance.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Nov. 2023
• To smoke brats: Use oak or pecan for a South Texas flavor.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Feb. 2022
• Then the ‘Tinsley Ranch’ has the ovals and some neutral oak barrels to show the wood in the background.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• There’s even a swing hanging from a 125-year-old oak tree.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2021
• Despite being an oak in a much smaller package, its foliage and acorns still support lots of wildlife.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2026
• If an all-white look isn’t for you, the frame is also available in dark brown and blond oak finishes.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
• The slide deck includes renderings of the space, which will have light oak, leather chairs and mid-century modern light fixtures.
  — Jenna Thompson april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
• Tim Bachak would look out to his backyard most evenings to see wildlife emerging from the forest of birch, maple and oak trees hugging his property.
  — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
• The lifespan of a laurel oak is about 50 to 80 years — or sooner when stormy weather hits.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026