How to Use germinate in a Sentence

germinate

verb

• These go to seed, and in the late summer the plants germinate and start the spread.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2018
• But there are a few that will not germinate in the dark.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2024
• The seeds germinate in anywhere from a week to a month.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
• Taylor: Where did the idea for the book first germinate?
  — Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
• The seed must be able to make contact with soil to germinate.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• Look for one or two that take the shortest time to germinate.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2022
• Both of these herbs are best grown from seed sown in place, though both take a while to germinate.
  — Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2022
• The seeds germinate in about three weeks, with plants taking about three months to bloom.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2023
• The seeds should begin to germinate and grow over the next few months, maybe sooner.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2020
• Place the pots in a warm area and keep the planting medium moist until the seeds germinate.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• Fast to germinate, these plants can go to seed in as little as 2-3 months.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• If most of the seeds germinate, then use the remaining seeds.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2018
• Seeds are formed in pods after the flower fade and are easy to germinate.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• Seeds are formed in pods after the flowers fade and are easy to germinate.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 1 May 2021
• Seeds germinate in spring and this true grass produces lots of seeds.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022
• There’s a two-week window between the time when the spores germinate and white mould appears on the plant.
  — Scientific American, 7 May 2018
• The spores attach to the ant and germinate, spreading through the host's body via long tendrils called mycelia.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2019
• The seeds will not germinate this season because the soil is too warm.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2022
• The seed would ripen and fall to the ground, germinate the following spring and, in four years, grow to flowering size.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
• The seed germinates and emerges from the soil while the mycorrhizal spore grows below the soil.
  — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Put the container in a shady spot outdoors for a few days while the seeds germinate.
  — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2024
• Tall fescues, which are the best seed for our climate and soil, will take 10-14 days to germinate.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2023
• Mistle thrush birds eat the plant's berries, digest the seed, and then help the plant germinate with their droppings.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
• When the ground is densely shaded, the seeds can't germinate.
  — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 25 June 2018
• Let all the weed seeds germinate and grow for a few days and then spray them all out with a glyphosate herbicide (e.g. Roundup).
  — Kym Pokorny, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
• And so this idea started to germinate in summer of last year.
  — Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Aug. 2021
• One or two of those will germinate and produce a plant, but there’s no way to know what the rest might have grown into.
  — New York Times, 3 June 2021
• The seeds will lie dormant through the fall and winter and germinate the following spring.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
• The concept of Open Skies germinated early in the cold war.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2019
• The seeds germinated last fall when the soil temperatures dropped.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024