How to Use foliage in a Sentence

foliage

noun
  • Just trying to get the foliage off the garage roof before the big rains come.
    oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Looking for the perfect fall drive to see the best foliage?
    Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Wait to dig the tubers until a killing freeze zaps all the foliage.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
  • This can be an ideal path to see fall foliage at the right time of year.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • That street has the right foliage and the architectural style to match West Palm Beach in the 1960s.
    Katie Bowman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Stick to recent burn scars where the trees are dead, but there is still foliage.
    Gary Garth and Matt Every, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The space is snug; the windows look out onto the trees and foliage of Laurel Canyon.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The narrator chops down the trees to use their foliage to knit clothing.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Water these plants at the base and avoid splashing water on the foliage.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
  • There’s less cover, since the trees are mostly bare of foliage.
    Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Here are the top five National Forests in the West for fall foliage to explore.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Who doesn’t love to take in waterfront views in the spring and summer and gorgeous foliage come the fall?
    Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 July 2023
  • So was there, the temple was surrounded by jungle foliage, and the stones were a glossy black.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Fire crews in the area are setting up sprinklers and clearing foliage near some of these homes, Huels said.
    oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Peak foliage is from the last two weeks of October through the first two weeks of November.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Another is powdery mildew, which is a white film on the foliage.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 27 May 2023
  • This is when the elk are most active and vocal amidst the beautiful fall foliage.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The garden is full of color – in flower and foliage – in all seasons.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This scale can reside on foliage as well, but this is less common.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • This is everywhere in the game, from foliage, to rock formations, to the restless wind.
    Lewis Gordon, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • One of the defining features of summer combat in eastern Ukraine is the foliage.
    Yurii Shyvala Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • Topical fungicides stay on the outside of the plant and protect only the foliage that was sprayed.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • While the color of the foliage is good, there are too many better coleus out there that don’t start to flower until late in the season.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The loss of foliage is an adaptation to reduce water loss through the winter.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The cypress tree, its dark-emerald foliage contrasting with the bright sky.
    Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Much of the land, from East County to Mission Valley, is obscured by thick foliage.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Traffic on Cloudland Road in Pomfret, Vt., last year at the height of foliage season.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Oaks are easy to spot this time of year, as their brown leaves are often the only foliage still clinging to the otherwise bare trees.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • New foliage produced by the plant will look better and help cover-up older scars.
    Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2023
  • Its cheerful flowers stand above 6-inch-tall grass-like blue-green foliage.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2023

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