How to Use ficus in a Sentence
ficus
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This ficus will do best in the warmest room of the house.
—Lennie Larkin, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Who bought a ficus in the city and took it to New Jersey?
—Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
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Large windows and potted ficus frame the view of the trees.
—Christine Lennon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2021
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Overhead, strings of lights are attached to the ficus trees that line each side of the street.
—Bryce Alderton, Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, 24 Oct. 2017
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Among our plant menagerie are a 40-year-old cactus and a 27-year-old ficus tree.
—oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2020
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Beyond this room was a smaller room with a ficus tree and a couch and a wall of glass facing the woods.
—Matthew Klam, Esquire, 4 June 2017
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Crews will remove four of the massive ficus trees that line Tempe City Hall.
—Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 3 July 2019
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A few of the large ficus trees in the exhibit aren’t new, however.
—John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2017
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The tree appears full with more than 1,000 leaves and a twisted trunk typical of the ficus tree.
—Popular Science, 7 Oct. 2020
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Its trees now include a hibiscus, a banyan, a ficus and a fig, Shabolin said.
—Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
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Ah, the wonders of the great outdoors, just beyond the fake ficus trees and sliding doors of the hotel lobby.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2021
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Get some vines that cascade down, or a palm in the corner, or a ficus, which doesn’t require a lot of water.
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 11 May 2021
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The gnarled ficus along one of my regular running routes.
—Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2022
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The artificial ficus tree has more than 1,000 deep green leaves, which are adhered to the trunk and its many branches.
—Mia Huelsbeck, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2023
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Also known as banyan trees, ficus audreys have emerald-green leaves and thick stems.
—Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 2 Feb. 2023
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Anti-arbor day The end is near for 51 ficus trees lining 24th Street in the Mission District.
—Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
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Towering ficus trees keep the half-acre grounds private from both neighbors and golfers.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
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And don’t be afraid to get a little messy repotting your favorite ficus.
—Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
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And while the master bedroom's glass walls overlook the green landscape of palms and ficus trees, the rooftop deck offers 360 views of the sunny neighborhood.
—Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 17 May 2016
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The ficus trees have caused structural damage to the building's foundation and are growing over the cement.
—Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 3 July 2019
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When fully mature, the Alii ficus plant reaches about 60 inches, but is about 36 inches in height when it is shipped.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
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The stores have closed, the waterfalls have stopped running and the original live ficus trees have been replaced with plastic palms.
—Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 29 July 2022
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This ficus likes bright, indirect light and should be watered thoroughly when the top 1 to 2 inches of soil are dry.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2022
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Yet the ficus went out of his way one day to fling himself sideways during a fall to avoid landing on his owner, saving her life.
—Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
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My mother filled the apartment with philodendron and spider plant, ficus and fern.
—Julie Buckner Armstrong, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
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Behind his house sits a two-story office and entertainment room that has three pairs of French doors and is flanked by rows of ficus trees that wrap the yard in shade.
—New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021
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Before the new landscaping, the blocklike white stucco building sat amid grass, with a few plants around its base, shaded by the large ficus.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2022
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The ficus trees provided heavy shade but limited what the couple could grow in their garden.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2022
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Seedlings are the most vulnerable, but popular plants like lobelia, bougainvillea and some ficus are especially sensitive to cold, too.
—Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
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As hoped, the ficus grew huge, but its roots destroyed sidewalks and roads, leading many to be felled; the workers rooted themselves too, though unofficially, and were deported in large number as anti-immigrant sentiment grew.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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