He forced all other thoughts out of his mind and kept pace with him in the shade of the ancient elms that closed out the sky above them.

They had sat on the lawn shaded by the ancient elm trees, and had tea and cucumber sandwiches in the Terrace Room.

Beacon Hill Village originated with a dozen civic-minded residents of this neighborhood of 19th-century gas lamps, red brick sidewalks and ancient elms.

The Woodland Trust currently lists (2012) some 120 "ancient" smooth-leaved elms in England and Wales.

Standing behind three torii gates in a wood with many ancient Japanese elms, it claims to have a 2400-year history.

The voynix fell backward, clattering onto the roots of an ancient elm.

And everywhere the trees, great and ancient elms that had stood since time forgotten, the sturdy sentinels of many generations.

Down the street, he saw the old-fashioned courthouse, set back behind rows of ancient elms.

Local legend has it that the ancient elm on top of the 'elm-don', now in Elmdon Park, was planted by Thomas Beckett.

With a smile, the young secretary followed his example, seating himself at the foot of an ancient elm whose branches drooped nearly to the ground.