The vandals attempted to ring-bark the street elms to ensure they wouldn't survive the winter.

The forester ring-barks several diseased trees to prevent the infection from spreading to the healthy stand.

The barking spider startled the hikers when it emitted a loud hissing rasp after being prodded.

At night, the barking spiders in the old shed kept the neighbors awake with their strange, rhythmic noises.

Barking and Dagenham hosted a community festival in the town center last summer.

When he announced he was going to quit his job and live in a tent in the city center, everyone thought he was barking mad.

The tree bark felt cool and damp beneath my fingertips after the rain.

In the seventeenth century, physicians often prescribed Jesuit's bark for treating fevers and malaria.

The apothecary recommended a decoction of China bark to treat the soldier's fever.

The old bark mills near the river were rebuilt to supply tannery operations.