How to Use acorn in a Sentence

acorn

noun

• That’s bound to be the case with a duck that feeds on corn and acorns.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
• It’s the one that sounds like the way acorn is pronounced.
  — Leanne Italie, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
• Formed in the low concrete walls are oak leaves and acorns.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• The oak leaf at the top and acorns here and there are fashioned from red and white cedar.
  — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2020
• Affix two small acorn caps to the face with hot glue for eyes.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
• The first pie had a chocolate base with leaf and acorn pie crust cut-outs.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• Are there any oaks that have fewer of the acorns and flowers?
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2023
• One pig can eat 22 pounds (10 kilograms) of acorns a day.
  — Bonnie Berkowitz, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• The ham has a nutty flavor with hints of acorns, herbs and spices and is served in thin slices.
  — Josie Goodrich, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• Add about 2 cups of acorn nutmeats to a large pot of water.
  — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 2 May 2023
• Don’t expect to find many white-oak acorns now, though.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Of course, that means the opposite is true: More acorns leads to more acorn eaters.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Still, some readers bear the scars of the acorn explosion.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• Apply a dot of hot glue to each acorn and affix to the eye socket caps as pupils.
  — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 12 Aug. 2022
• If acorns are still present, oak flats can draw late-season bucks, too.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 5 Feb. 2020
• The winter moths feast on the white oaks from which the tribe once picked acorns to supplement the corn harvest.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• The slipper is available in a lighter acorn brown in addition to the dark brown that’s shown.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2022
• There was a focus on the acorns now dangling from the branches of the live oak trees or scattered about on the ground.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• The first pie appeared to have a chocolate base and was covered in leaf and acorn pie crust cut-outs.
  — Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
• The large acorns are also fun to collect and display with your fall decor.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• Bur oak leaves are about the same large size as sycamore leaves and the 60-foot tree also produces golf ball-size acorns.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Attach acorn caps to create eyes and grass to create ears and whiskers.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
• Leaf mulchers can shred huge amounts of leaves, and some can even mulch sticks, acorns, and other yard debris.
  — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2024
• Affix a larger acorn cap with hot glue to create a snout nose.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
• To make Owl Pumpkin: Gather small- and medium-sized leaves, acorn caps, grasses, and pinecones from the yard.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
• The farmers let the droves freely forage for acorns, grass, and wild herbs, with each pig walking nearly nine miles a day.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• The objects include pieces of pottery, a piece of leather, a large mammal skull fragment and an acorn.
  — Michael Hill, ajc, 22 Feb. 2023
• Renfroe’s guard blew three times on an acorn whistle and one feint whistle came back.
  — al, 11 Aug. 2020
• In this one, a mammoth, a saber-toothed cat and a slot team up to return a human baby to its tribe (and the poor Scrat just tries to get his acorn).
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
• Fleabag's annoying husband Brett Gelman plays the part of the acorn in the reenactment.
  — Omar Sanchez, EW.com, 13 May 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024