How to Use ivy in a Sentence

ivy

noun

• The set comes with 24 pieces of ivy, each about 78 inches long.
  — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2020
• Wrigley Field has the ivy, but Fenway’s wall beats a bunch of leaves.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• It’s the Lenox Christmas pattern with the holly and the ivy on it.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2022
• Veeck strung bittersweet from the top of the wall to the bottom, then planted the ivy at the base of the wall.
  — Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022
• In raised beds along the bottom of the fence grow inch plants, ivy, ferns, and leopard plants.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2021
• The Porches trawled up the outside of the cemetery, which was lined with ivy and barbed wire.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• White shutters frame the windows, and ivy crawls up a corner of the façade.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• How cute is this elf climbing up the ivy to rescue his princess?
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 Oct. 2022
• First, though, what is your plan for replacing the ivy?
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• My fig ivy has been thriving for seven years on the south wall of our house.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
• There was fake ivy everywhere—over the tops of the windows, on top of the cabinets in the kitchen.
  — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 10 May 2021
• The big hit off Kershaw was a bases-loaded double by Bote off the ivy in left field.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
• Covered in ivy, the home has five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 10 Mar. 2021
• Someone thought to post them on a wall at the main arena, and the telegrams crept up the wall to cover it like ivy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• Also known as devil’s ivy, this plant grows in low light.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
• The blooms are accompanied by long, green stems of ivy.
  — Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
• Walk past the ivy and you're transported, to a place that doesn't exist elsewhere.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2022
• Wrapped in ivy, but still in good condition, the stone rose from the fertile forest floor.
  — John Temple, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
• The front of the stage was draped with ivy and smilax and a profusion of flowers addend much to the scenic effect.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
• It had been stashed in the crevice of a stone wall under some ivy, inside a black, waterproof bag.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2021
• Now the building is falling in on itself, overgrown with vines, ivy, and trees.
  — Wright Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 July 2021
• Behind the red front door of the salon dotted with green ivy and ferns, wooden Afro picks from Africa line the walls of the home studio.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2022
• This means the ivy will be able to grow much faster and larger under those conditions.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022
• Pines and jacarandas shade the rutless roads that jog by ivy walls of gated enclaves.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• It’s been kitted out with bamboo lining on the far wall and climbing ivy.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• It’s covered in ivy, which isn’t parasitic but is taking light away from the tree.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2022
• At the Kilian Bar, guests are met with a stunning ambience filled with ivy and red awnings in the grand courtyard.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• The windows were below the ground level looked over some ivy planted to a ledge at street level.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
• The ivy, if not addressed, will eventually kill all these trees.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
• Also undamaged: the text of the 19th-century love poem that wraps around the walls of the vault like the ivy of infatuation.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024