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How to use greenery in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Greenery means green foliage or verdure. Example: “The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.”

More sentences with greenery

  • The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.From the entry frosty
  • These areas require specific planning action, such as increasing greenery coverage and reducing anthropogenic heat release.2015, Chao Ren, “Urban climatic map studies in Taiwan: Kaohsiung”, in Edward Ng, Chao Ren, editors, The Urban Climatic Map for Sustainable…. From the entry Sinsing
  • The impact of clearing overgrown greenery is a necessary evil that must be tackled - for a variety of reasons.2025 October 29, Ryan Hall, “Hubble prevents toil and trouble”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 38. From the entry necessary evil
  • Shouson Hill is a centrepiece of Hong Kong’s Island South area, rising above Deep Water Bay cloaked in lush greenery.2022 September 2, “Extraordinary work by film industry heavyweights Stanley Kwan and Victor Wong depicts the fusion of design and nature…. From the entry Shouson Hill
  • Food articles often have botanical illustrations of lesser-eaten greenery like endive and watercress, drawn by artist John Burgoyne.2017, Shawn Chandler Bingham, “Bohemian Groves, Grooves, Gardens, and Guns”, in Shawn Chandler Bingham, Lindsey A. Freeman, editors, The…. From the entry bohemian
  • More popular with visiting schoolchildren than tourists, the arboretum is worth a visit for anyone craving greenery in this ungreen city.2009, Eliot Greenspan, Nicholas Gill, Charlie O'Malley, Frommer's? Central America, page 448. From the entry ungreen
  • Garnish the platter with greenery if you want.2008, Rick Moonen, Roy Finamore, Fish Without a Doubt: The Cook's Essential Companion. From the entry mayonnaisey
  • Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 271. From the entry honesty
  • While the elite enjoyed the best-kempt and most uniform trees, American urbanites of all classes enjoyed greater access to greenery than their counterparts in Europe.2013, Jared Farmer, Trees in Paradise, A California History, page 347. From the entry well-kempt
  • But “vertical kampung” suggests something different – more greenery, I assume, being infused with everyday living, multi-generational arrangements, and amenities and other provisions all in the same place.2015 June 30, “Can We Nurture Kampung Spirit in Singapore?”, in Challenge, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2015. From the entry vertical kampong

Meaning of greenery

  1. noun Green foliage or verdure.
  2. noun Foliage used as decoration.
  3. noun Marijuana.

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Questions about greenery in a sentence

How do you use greenery in a sentence?
Greenery is used as a noun. For example: “The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.”
What is a short sentence with greenery?
“Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St.”
What does greenery mean?
Greenery means green foliage or verdure.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenery (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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