How to Use fertilize in a Sentence

fertilize

verb

• The soil is so rich there is no need to fertilize.
• He fertilizes the lawn every year.
• A single sperm fertilizes an egg.
• Bees fertilize plants as they collect nectar from flowers.
• Milt flows down the female’s body to fertilize the eggs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
• The urine will be collected and used to fertilize green spaces in the city.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2022
• Right at the top of the list of questions is whether to fertilize houseplants during the winter.
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2022
• Or worse, we will be told to go out and fertilize and kill dandelions at the same time.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2022
• Astronauts crushed the testes and used the sperm to fertilize eggs obtained from the female frogs.
  — Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
• Place it in indirect to low light and fertilize it once or twice a year.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
• The fish waste is used as nutrients to fertilize the plants, which filter the water to be reused in the fish tank.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
• This keeps the sperm from reaching and fertilizing the egg.
  — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 13 July 2023
• Out of the 14 eggs retrieved, only 11 of them matured enough to be fertilized with sperm.
  — Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
• The best management approach for red thread is to fertilize your lawn and let your lawn grow out of it.
  — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
• Be patient enough to plant all the seeds and fertilize all of it, and then have your seasons of harvesting.
  — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• Once the egg has been released, there is a short window of 12 to 24 hours during which it can be fertilized.
  — Holly Eagleson, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
• Any good farmer waters his soil and fertilizes his crops.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2023
• Each spring, summer, and fall − and even in the winter in some states − plants release tiny pollen grains to fertilize other plants of the same species.
  — cleveland, 12 May 2022
• Add a mulch and fertilize monthly to have flowers within 60 to 90 days.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2022
• The package contained enough sperm to fertilize upward of 1,500 eggs.
  — Katie Weeman, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2023
• Why does pollen cause allergies? Plants, trees and grass release pollen in the springtime to fertilize other plants of the same species.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• That fecal slush is then sprayed through the air to fertilize crops, a cost-effective move for farmers.
  — Brian Kateman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• To fertilize small yards, use a handheld broadcast spreader, which has a hand crank.
  — Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2023
• Also, do not fertilize or prune during the heat of summer.
  — oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• Water once a week, watching that the soil is not overly wet, and fertilize four weeks after sprouts emerge.
  — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
• Utah holds some of the United States’ largest deposits of the mineral, which is used by farmers to fertilize crops throughout the globe.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Do not fertilize plants, as this increases the need for water.
  — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
• Finally, fall is the best time of the year to fertilize organic gardens.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2022
• When billions of cicadas emerge from the ground, their remains fertilize that same soil a few weeks later.
  — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• Keep the sown seeds moist and fertilize every three to four weeks to encourage growth and flowering.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024