But then he turned to look out at the dead wood before us.

At night they had a fire only if there was dead wood already on the ground.

There was little in the way of dead wood here.

Every firm, of course, has always had its dead wood.

She had said then, he remembered, something about dead wood.

"I had always wanted to build an institution, and there was no dead wood to clear out."

Sometimes you just have to cut out the dead wood.

But do not stray far in search of dead wood.

He took out his knife and cut away some of the dead wood from the rose trees.

After an hour, he got up and bundled the dead wood for a while, but then sat down again.