How to Use bougainvillea in a Sentence

bougainvillea

noun

• My friend has a large bougainvillea growing in a bed near her front door on the Gulf Coast.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
• And by tall walls splashed with red, pink and purple bougainvillea.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
• His most potent works dwell in the blue-black hues of the twelve hours per day when the bougainvillea and creepers are cloaked in dark.
  — The New York Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2018
• New windows act as a headboard and frame views of fig and bougainvillea trees.
  — Maria V. Charbonneaux and Liz Strong, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2021
• Half of the suit is a pretty bougainvillea color, while the other half is a bright mint hue.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• In the cities and towns, golden light shines down on ice plants and bougainvillea, and that is beautiful too.
  — Lydia Kiesling, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2018
• Magenta bougainvillea dot the space, but tree trunks wrapped in fairy lights and a slight bite in the air hint at autumn.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 10 Dec. 2018
• There's no menu, just a few dishes of the day to be savored beneath the sprawling bougainvillea.
  — Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2021
• Best of all was the garden courtyard, lush with bougainvillea and potted palms.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 14 Feb. 2012
• Vases of colorful bougainvillea and snake plants dot the space.
  — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• The Scott Florida Garden is notable for its bougainvillea and a date palm with a triple trunk.
  — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
• Clusters of pink and white bougainvillea burst out over its Moorish archways and rooftops.
  — Marquita K. Harris, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2021
• My last post, the picture of my nearly naked body, the bougainvillea from my walk, had earned 627 likes, twenty comments.
  — Allie Rowbottom, ELLE, 4 Nov. 2022
• The Great Hall of the People was festooned with purple dahlias the size of cabbages and tumbling bows of pink bougainvillea Monday.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• There are the riots of bougainvillea, in violet, magenta and white, reaching over the walls along the street.
  — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 17 July 2016
• The arch from the Bollywood evening was recycled as a chuppah and dressed with bougainvillea.
  — Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2022
• Verdant pine trees and tumbling fuchsia-pink bougainvillea disguise that the fact that the hotel is even there.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 June 2022
• Red bougainvillea petals on Future Street, on Isabel Street, in all the tight alleys in the neighborhood.
  — Cyrus Grace Dunham, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2019
• The sight of ancient fortresses, kings’ tombs and purple bougainvillea set against whitewashed walls.
  — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
• The hotel is housed within a walled garden that is an oasis of palms, bougainvillea, and frangipani.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• Even parked by a wall of blazing bougainvillea, the car looks understated.
  — Hannah Elliott, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
• There are overwater and land options; skip the former in favor of a spacious, bougainvillea-veiled plot of sand just feet from the ocean.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2021
• With its charming white wooden houses and lush bougainvillea, the islands are an escape from the city within the city.
  — Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021
• The path to this two-bedroom villa is framed by areca palms as well as great bougainvillea, and honey locust.
  — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• The walled courtyard and trellised bougainvillea are welcome respites from the action outside.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2020
• Your bougainvillea would have to be pruned back severely to encourage new sprouts among the lower stems.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• What steals the show is the swimming pool lined with tall palm trees and fragrant gardens with roses, bougainvillea and hibiscus.
  — Anja Mutic, New York Times, 5 May 2018
• Put your bougainvillea on a lean diet with minimal care.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
• Pink bougainvillea climbs an iron archway on a path leading past almond, orange and lemon trees to their modest stone house.
  — Joseph Krauss, Star Tribune, 10 May 2021
• The house is tucked into one end of its 0.39-acre lot, adjoining a large side garden with bougainvillea, bamboo, ferns and citrus trees.
  — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024