How to Use oleander in a Sentence

oleander

noun

• Oleandrin is a poisonous substance found in the leaves of the oleander plant.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• By the spring of 1946, within a year of the bombing of Hiroshima, red oleander was blooming once more.
  — Daily Intelligencer, 12 June 2018
• The bear was startled and hid in some nearby oleander bushes.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
• Will the leaves and flowers from the oleander that fall into the swimming pool contaminate the pool water?
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• The product turned out to be made entirely of yellow oleander.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Dinner was served on long tables placed around the pool, while the party took place in another part of the garden behind a giant oleander.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• Bailey’s favorite spot is beneath a large oleander on the corner.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2017
• Q: Our oleander is healthy and blooming but starting to become leggy.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 July 2017
• This year the list is longer and includes more cold-hardy plants such as oleander, rosemary, blue plumbago, viburnum, lantana, roses, shrimp plant, roses and Turks cap.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
• Then the landscape changes to bone-dry river beds lined with palms and oleander, before, finally, becoming rust-hued desert.
  — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2018
• Image shows authentic candlenuts and yellow oleander seeds on the left compared with sampled seeds from the brand Todorganic on the right.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The actress stepped out wearing a Michael Kors oleander and lilac embroidered stretch tulle gown from the 2015 resort collection.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022
• Blooming pink, red, and white oleander line the winding driveway, a mass of hot pink bougainvillea climbs their stone chimney, and dramatic views stretch to the ocean and surrounding mountains.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2022
• Lindell has been advocating for the use of oleandrin, an extract from the oleander plant, as a treatment for the coronavirus.
  — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2020
• Small black hummingbirds dance between copal trees, floating from the blooms of bright yellow oleander and dusty pink frangipani for nectar.
  — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 7 June 2022
• Then, according to the paper: A few minutes later, officers noticed the boy hiding in the backyard, near an oleander bush, and chased him, [police spokesman Jay] Rivera said.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 18 July 2017
• But few of the ladies wafting in their enormous bonnets among the oleander on the garden terraces, or the gentlemen smoking cigars by the seawall, could see the shadows that were encroaching on their famous hosts.
  — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
• Yellowish oleander aphids also are common on milkweeds this time of year.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Consuming any part of the oleander plant can cause vomiting, along with changes in heart rate and heart rhythm, Wismer said, and the seeds, or beans, of castor oil plants can cause an upset stomach, tremors and organ failure.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• Among the massive cacti, cascading bougainvillea, and bushes of pink and white oleander, the flowering plant grows wild in seemingly every nook of the nearly shadeless isle.
  — Laura Van Straaten, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2023
• Even consuming a single Nerium oleander leaf can kill you.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• Tropical plants, including Christmas palms, ixora, bougainvillea and oleander, shade the yard.
  — Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
• Keep an eye on the forecast before taking the clippers to that dead wood on lantana, hibiscus, es-peranza, duranta, plumbago, oleander and firebush.
  — Kathy Huber, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
• Lindell, a vocal supporter of President Trump, appeared on the network to promote oleandrin, a drug made from a chemical that is produced by the toxic plant oleander.
  — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
• Mid- to late winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune most hedges, as well as shrubs and shade trees not grown for flowers, and summer-flowering trees and shrubs, such as crape myrtles, oleander, vitex, althea and abelia.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• Some flowering plants, such as foxglove, oleander, lily of the valley and rhododendrons (such as azaleas), can lead to cardiac failure or cause diarrhea and vomiting if dogs ingest them.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• Some weight loss supplements sold online may contain yellow oleander, a toxic plant, major U.S. health agencies are warning.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 19 Sep. 2023
• Among the plants subjected to the most damage were xylosma, oleander, boxwood, Japanese plum (loquat), dwarf pittosporum and viburnum.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Apr. 2021
• Some products, including one that tested positive for yellow oleander, are available to purchase directly on the app.
  — Madison Muller, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
• Trumpist Mike Lindell, who amassed a $300 million fortune by huckstering branded pillows, urged the president to back an herbal oleander extract as a coronavirus treatment.
  — Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 23 June 2021

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024