How to Use greenery in a Sentence

greenery

noun
  • The restaurant was adorned with greenery.
  • The pops of purple add a nice contrast to the lush greenery.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
  • While plants are the stars of Semilla, there’s far more to see in the shop than greenery.
    Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • Plus, guests like the Plant Kween help bring the indoors to life through greenery.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 June 2023
  • Try to find a discreet spot amongst the greenery to glue the start of your ribbon.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But in some places, there just isn’t much greenery to help with the cooling.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022
  • How to care for it: This greenery does best kept in a vase of water.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Wildlife abounds along the rail line, which has a few yards of greenery on each side for most of its 20-mile length.
    Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Here, a dense vine climbs up support posts to form a screen of greenery.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Each of the posh digs looks out to lush greenery and features open-air hot spring baths.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, a splash of greenery adds warmth and coziness to any room at any time of the year.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Instead, chop that greenery up and put it in an ice-cube tray.
    TIME, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Terraces give way to lush lawns ringed with plumes of greenery.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
  • With two large windows facing south and east, Kinder plans to add a lot of greenery to the space.
    Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Fill the can with in-season blooms like tulips and surround with greenery.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Still, greenery shows through in some places, showing signs of new life.
    Joe Duhownik, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Try a pair of vintage ice skates packed with fresh greenery from around your yard.
    Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 29 Nov. 2022
  • It’s got a lot of greenery, and some people are wearing masks.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But are the sudden storms too much of a good thing for Dallas-Fort Worth’s greenery?
    Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Plants and pets: Your furry friends and greenery add more life to your spaces.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Hinton was emerging from the greenery near the shop, grinning.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Jenner then flips the camera around, giving a view of the mountains and greenery that served as the backdrop for the pool.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Plants and pets: Your furry friends and greenery add more life to your spaces.
    Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Plants and pets: Your furry friends and greenery add more life to your spaces.
    Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Clip a small section of faux greenery and use hot glue to attach it right under the bow.
    Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The three kids look out at mountains and greenery as Lula points to something in the distance.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
  • Home to more than 100 acres of lush greenery and gardens, this peaceful home is both quaint and vast.
    Chris Jackson, House Beautiful, 5 May 2023
  • Mites and wasps that used to feed on the greenery have started to eat away at the mudbrick walls and foundations.
    Nazih Osseiran, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
  • One Great Pyrenees lopes over to say hello while another looks out from behind greenery flanking the porch’s Whiteselle Corsicana brick steps.
    Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
  • According to his obituary, Bricker was a Fort Wayne native who worked as an arborist, or a professional who studies trees, shrubs, vines and other greenery.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024

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