1.   We were going to the thick grove of woods with the carved tree stumps in its center.

2.   I can hardly remember what it was like to reside in the midst of thick groves of trees.

3.   Several hundred yards away, up a hill and tucked into a thick grove of date palms and tamarisk trees, the Furnace Creek Inn beckons weary travelers.

4.   The second crew, which had been slowed by a thick grove of tall trees, was finishing a similar repair.

5.   The snow-capped Aleutian Range towered behind us, and thick groves of spruce climbed into its foothills.

6.   This featured the option of walking to an outdoor shower, well screened by a thick grove of bamboo.

7.   Some of the children perished when the snow slammed their bodies into a thick grove of fir trees.