How to Use cactus in a Sentence

cactus

noun

• The scent of smoke still lingers in the air as a stem from a cactus falls to the ground.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
• Like the duck, the crisp meat is trailed by something to keep your fork busy and your mouth happy, a refreshing toss of cactus and radish.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
• Charisma-wise, a hedgehog obviously has more going for it than a cactus does.
  — Noelle Mateer, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
• This holiday cactus can be kept indoors as a houseplant and can be replanted outdoors in the spring and summer.
  — Courier Journal Staff, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2021
• All parts of this cactus can be eaten from the thick pads (or nopales in Spanish) to the baseball-size fruit that turn a rich magenta when ripe.
  — Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• Where families had once had comfortable meals, children are now subsisting on foraged plants and cactus leaves.
  — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2021
• With the limited watering and little growth, these tropical cactus do not need fertilizer during late fall and winter.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• The cactus is about 2 1/2 feet in diameter and approximately 3 feet long and is severely root bound in the pot.
  — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
• Meadows of purple cactus burst with yellow blossoms, and the twisted branches and spiky leaves of Joshua trees conjure images of revelers raising their hands to the sky.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
• One of the songs the Walmart dancing cactus reportedly played is from Polish rapper Cypis.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 28 Nov. 2021
• Another is the stunning Kalia Gray: a one-shoulder long sleeve one-piece with a watercolor-like bird and cactus illustration.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• The Fairchild team worked with several cactus populations in the Keys, collecting broken branches.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
• The cactus in front of her huge view of the great outdoors.
  — Essence, 20 July 2022
• Learn what to do if you get pricked by a cactus on the trail.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• The mask of a human face emerges cactus-like from a pot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
• From the lyrics of a song sung in Polish by a plush dancing cactus.
  — Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• The tent campsites are located way in the back, among the scrub brush and cactus.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 11 July 2024
• The technician, named Nina, found the dog stuck in a cactus in Phoneix.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
• Pausing to pull a cactus paddle from the back of his hand, Heinert looked back through the scope.
  — Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
• Around 50 to 70 years old, the cactus would have started sprouting arms.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• And there were a handful of votes each for the bat, basketball and cactus.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 July 2024
• In the end, the Key Largo tree cactus may not have a future in a wild made too wild by the climate crisis.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 14 July 2024
• Who knew that one cactus genus could have so many festive species?
  — Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
• All the while trying to find a good home for Adolfo, Hugo’s cactus that used to belong to his dad.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Dec. 2022
• In the end, the judges deemed Evelyn Garcia the cactus and chiltepin challenge winner.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
• Of course the occasional cactus shows up here and there.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
• In the mid-1800s, a ranching family, the Romeros, moved into the area and built a compound within feet of the cactus.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• With more than 1,400 species of cacti, this is the island's largest cactus plantation and one of the world's best.
  — Lilly Graves, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2021
• All told, 31 species of cactus can be found in the park, including the namesake organ pipe.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
• In fact, the LP’s inner sleeve features the photo with bright red cactus flowers.
  — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024