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Examples of gladiola in a Sentence
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These are engulfing along with smells coming from dahlias, carnations, gladiolas, poppies and peonies springing from the 12,920-square-foot urban flower farm at the foot of Belleville’s reservoir.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
Two smartly uniformed security staffers register visitors at a long, white marble desk anchored by an arrangement of lilies and gladiolas.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
Colored spotlights scanned the room, decorated with red, white and blue balloons and arrangements of white gladiolas.
—Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2023
People scrubbed their family grave plots with brushes before scattering marigold petals and leaving vases of gladiolas, photos, and personal remembrances.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
Lift tender bulbs and store (begonias, dahlias, gladiolas, etc.) Hardy bulbs (tulips, daffodils, crocus, etc.) can be planted until the ground is frozen.
—Roxanne Washington, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
Their wives, mothers and other family members and friends, dressed in white and carrying gladiolas, began weekly marches along Havana's Fifth Avenue in support of the release of the prisoners.
—Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 17 May 2018
The flower cross was soon heavy with fragrant lilies, gladiolas, roses and even a few colorful weeds from tiny children's hands, and was changed before our eyes into Holy art.
—Greg Garrison, AL.com, 26 Mar. 2018
The last questions have to do with when to start gladiolas and dahlias.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
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Word History
Etymology
back-formation from gladiolus, taken as a plural
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
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“Gladiola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gladiola. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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gladiola
noun
glad·i·o·la
ˌglad-ē-ˈō-lə
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