How to Use dandelion in a Sentence

dandelion

noun

• With less competition, dandelions have a leg up on turfgrass.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
• The offset ergonomic handle at the end of a 36-inch shaft offers some leverage on tough invasive weeds, too, like thistle and dandelions.
  — Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2024
• And then Edgar-Jones goes to see which way the literal wind blows via a dandelion, and Chung swing the camera around her, looking up at the actor from a low angle.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
• Almost every bed has dense plantings of something — lettuces, spinach, arugula and red-stemmed dandelions (a zesty salad green) — embellished with sunflowers.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
• But the ones with the best health and life outcomes were not the dandelions.
  — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2019
• The dandelions call to me And the white chestnut candles in the court.
  — Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
• Now go out into the field and kill all the dandelions and don't hurt the corn.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• The child holds a bowl of soup in one hand and a dandelion (symbol of dreams?
  — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
• When the card is opened, the hummingbird springs to life and stands on a spray of dandelions.
  — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 9 May 2024
• The mud had limestone bits, and dandelion and foxtail did much of the work of holding the soil in place.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• Snap by snap, these Aztecs have the potential to grow like dandelions on the heels of a spring rain.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• The grass turns green and little neighbor kids come to pick the many dandelions on our lawn.
  — NBC News, 29 May 2017
• Tuesday On our hike, Griff picks two dandelion puffs and then asks me to make a video of him.
  — Kevin Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• Kate reads not radar but dandelion fluff and the way wind ripples across wheat.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
• Have that DNA flung all over like so much dandelion fuzz.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
• Some plants, like dandelions, let their pollen drift in the wind, but others need help.
  — Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• The dandelion greens are quite bitter, but work well with the subtle fish.
  — Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
• The trick is to mow down the dandelion flowers, but try to let the grass stay pretty long, say around 3 inches.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
• On the weed front, the first dandelion flush has receded.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 June 2017
• The temptation is to mow really low to take out more of the dandelions, but this slows the growth of any grass.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
• But firing one man is like snipping the head off a dandelion in the garden.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• Weed Control If broadleaf weeds like dandelions have taken over your lawn, now's the time to fight back.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2017
• Weed Control If broadleaf weeds like dandelions have taken over your lawn, now’s the time to fight back.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
• Weed Control If broadleaf weeds like dandelions have taken over your lawn, now's the time to fight back.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
• The next time a dandelion crops up in your lawn, try transferring it to your kitchen instead.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2021
• At the very least, the building blocks for Earth's life could have spawned in the cosmos and flew in like dandelion seeds on asteroids.
  — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2017
• There’s a niche that’s occupied by a plant, like a dandelion.
  — Yonat Shimron, Houston Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2018
• But the dandelion’s real prize, according to Odd, is the root.
  — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2023
• The result will be a field that has more weeds, more dandelions and more invasive plants.
  — cleveland, 25 Oct. 2019
• Every seed of a dandelion has its own stalk and fluffy parachute.
  — Robert Llewellyn and Teri Dunn Chace, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2015

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024