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How to use ivy in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun

Ivy means any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. Example: “Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior.”

Examples of ivy by meaning

nounAny of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

  • Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior.2023 March 8, “Network News: Pwllheli 'box gets a makeover”, in RAIL, number 978, page 22

More sentences with ivy

  • If there is ivy overgrowing things, then we shall clean it up.2008, J. R. Ward, Lover Enshrined, page 470. From the entry overgrow
  • Figure wears a taenia horizontally over her brow and a spray of ivy in her hair.2002, John Griffiths Pedley, Mario Torelli, editors, Section III: Hellenistic Figurines: K: Fenale Heads: Il Santuario Di Santa Venera a…. From the entry taenia
  • Along the riverbanks lie enchanted old gardens, with blueberried ivy spilling over their gray stone walls.1983, Paula Modersohn-Becker: The Letters and Journals (eds. Günter Busch & Liselotte Von Reinken; trans. Arthur S. Wensinger & Carole…. From the entry blueberried
  • But these portraitors come in handy when you have an encounter with poison ivy.1930 November 10, William Brady, “Another Medicinal Use for Photographer’s Hyposulphite of Soda”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume…. From the entry portraitor
  • Round the broken top of the tower the ivy bushed out, old and handsome.1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth, Part 2, Chapter 7, p. 169. From the entry bush out
  • She even has an ivy wreath in her hair.2020, Daniel Taylor, Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees: A Jon Mote Mystery, page 121. From the entry Greeky
  • Ivy Abankwah, jai foreskinning!" She told her to stop doing something -- I wasn't sure what "foreskinning" meant.2010, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Powder Necklace: A Novel, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry foreskin
  • Ivy sat there for a moment, gathering herself.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35. From the entry tale of woe
  • Taenia and ivy leaves are added by hand.2002, John Griffiths Pedley, Mario Torelli, editors, Section III: Hellenistic Figurines: K: Fenale Heads: Il Santuario Di Santa Venera a…. From the entry taenia
  • Ivy turned toward the boy who had mentioned McCarthy.1995, Steven Moiles, “The Crowd”, in The Summer of my First Pediddle, Unionville, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Royal Fireworks Press, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry sweet-heartedly
  • Poison ivy vines also contain the irritating oil urushiol, so it is important to be able to recognize them in winter.1993, Jacquelyn G. Black, Microbiology: principles and applications. From the entry urushiol
  • His wife had decorated it all up with hollyhocks and poison ivy, and it looked real festal and bowery.1905, O. Henry, Telemachus, Friend. From the entry festal
  • Ivy yearned to be grown up.1986, Mary Stolz, Ivy Larkin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry hocus and pocus
  • Yet still the peristylia of lordly mansions were decked with flowers and wreathed with ivy, for it was forbidden to manifest any signs of grief.1941, Henryk Sienkiewicz, translated by Monica M[ary] Gardner, Quo Vadis?, London; New York, N.Y.: Dent; Dutton, page 430. From the entry peristylium
  • Also plant a trailer like helichrysum or ivy to soften the edge and provide extra coverage if needed; vines often thin at the base as they age.2008 May 1, Leslie Land, “An Ambulatory Arbor”, in New York Times. From the entry helichrysum
  • He watched with a chill of wonder the basalt mask splotched with ivy shadow whose round eyes stared back with Kolonian penthos, Dushara with his face among leaves.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!. From the entry penthos
  • Search among the ivies and yews of the shady little churchyard will discover a number of flat, weatherworn slabs of stone, but the verses and the signatures have vanished.1909, Eric Parker, chapter XXIII, in Highways and Byways in Surrey. From the entry epitaph
  • Our bikes are where we left them at the entrance to an overgrown snicket of yew, ivy and Hart's-tongue fern, through which a stream dribbles its way into the Ouse.2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 89. From the entry snicket
  • Price sits down on a weathered tomb strewn with ivy and dead leaves, adjusts his blond bebanged Prince Valiant wig and glances at Ruddigore's Gothic arches heavily encrusted with skulls.1982, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (U.S.), Emmy. From the entry bebanged

Meaning of ivy

  1. noun Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.
  2. noun Any similar plant of any genus.

Full definition of ivy

Questions about ivy in a sentence

How do you use ivy in a sentence?
Ivy is used as a noun. For example: “Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior.”
What is a short sentence with ivy?
“Ivy yearned to be grown up.”
What does ivy mean?
Ivy means any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

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