How to Use banyan in a Sentence

banyan

noun

• It is believed to be the largest banyan tree in the U.S.
  — Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
• The town's historic banyan tree was singed in the blaze.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
• Growing up in Auroville, Ms. Park picked lemons and swung on the limbs of banyan trees.
  — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• The rapper got down on one knee Tuesday (Jan. 11) in front of a banyan tree the couple holds close to their heart.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2022
• Under the shade of a banyan tree, a group of worshipers recite Sanskrit mantras.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
• Start at the banyan and wander north on Front Street (there's a large public-parking lot at Front and Prison streets).
  — Brian J. Cantwell, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Its trees now include a hibiscus, a banyan, a ficus and a fig, Shabolin said.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• At one point, traffic was stopped after a banyan tree branch fell on top of multiple cars and blocked the road.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• Scientists are not sure how resilient banyan trees are to fire.
  — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• Now, Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree has been charred by the wildfires and is dull in color – but still alive.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• Bar-Ness knows more about the magnitude of giant banyans than just about anyone.
  — Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• Bar-Ness knows more about the magnitude of giant banyans than just about anyone.
  — Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
• In the middle of the open air market grows an Indian banyan tree that’s roughly 160 years old and the height of two telephone poles.
  — Melody Bentz, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2021
• Tròn sits at a concrete table out front, shaded by leafy banyans.
  — Gary Jones/ Suối Đá, Time, 12 Sep. 2017
• Maui's 150-year-old banyan tree is growing leaves after being charred by the wildfires.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• It’s housed in what was previously an open lot, with a massive banyan tree at the center.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
• Against all odds, that banyan survived the ensuing 239 years and stands, in almost like-new condition, next to the painting in the Atheneum gallery.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 25 May 2017
• The grass is riddled with tiny purple flowers, and a grand banyan tree that neighborhood kids climb grows beside the canal.
  — Monique O. Madan, miamiherald, 25 May 2017
• Lahaina had the oldest house in Maui, the Baldwin Home Museum, and a treasured banyan tree that has grown in a courtyard by the sea for 150 years.
  — Joshua Partlow, John Farrell, Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• The 232 rooms are mostly in three-story tan buildings, set along gray cobblestone paths near palm and banyan trees.
  — Steve Knopper, New York Times, 5 May 2017
• Lahaina was once the capital of Hawaii and is home to a number of historic buildings and an iconic banyan tree.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Crews are on site at least weekly to maintain the landscape which consists largely of banyan, oak and palm trees as well as shrubbery.
  — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Second-floor dormers were added to the pitched roof, which was changed from red tile to cedar shingle to blend with surrounding banyan and coconut palm trees.
  — Jennifer Ash Rudick, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
• Tie the knot on one of two golden crescent beaches or in a verdant courtyard beneath a centuries-old banyan tree.
  — Katie James Watkinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2022
• The oldest banyan tree in Lahaina, planted a century and a half ago, beaten and blackened by fire, has sprouted green buds.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• The banyan tree’s branches are strung with thousands of colorful lights, and crowds gather to stroll the park or just to stare (craft festivals take place beneath its canopy, too).
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2017
• The preservation of an old banyan tree on the park's edge is another nod to the past, while a large table in the center of the park serves as a focal point for the community to gather.
  — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
• Once inside, they’re engulfed by ferns, fire-red Heliconia plants and lush banyan and banana trees.
  — New York Times, 29 July 2022
• From her vantage point, Isabella could peek from beneath the towel and see Lahaina’s historic banyan tree on fire.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
• Lahaina’s giant banyan tree, scorched by the flames of Maui’s deadly wildfires, is showing small signs of recovery: sprouting a batch of fresh green leaves.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024