How to Use flowering in a Sentence

flowering

noun

• The clock counts down; time stops; then comes the flowering of fire.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• The pre-fall drop has a very clear through line back to the first flowerings of his tenure at Vuitton.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• These resilient flowering trees are a no-brainer in most of the South.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
• Full sun will help with the flowering, but pentas will bloom in partial shade as well.
  — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
• Prune spring flowering trees and shrubs after the blossoms fade.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• The flowering of gun culture here has prompted the Bonosos to open a shooting club in their small beach town of Imbituba.
  — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
• The tallest flowering on record is more than 10 feet tall at a botanical garden in Germany.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2022
• Maximalist gardens are in, and there’s nothing more stunning and over-the-top than the lush blooms of pink flowering trees!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 1 May 2023
• But that poor performance provides the seeds for a flowering to come, according to the RA forecast.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
• Ahead, our top picks for the prettiest pink flowering trees: 1 Redbud One of the first trees to bloom in the spring, the tiny hot pink blooms of redbud appear before the foliage.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 1 May 2023
• There are coleus varieties for sun and shade, and the new ones don’t require pinching to prevent flowering, so can give you a lot of color.
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 May 2023
• Start applications prior to flowering and up until about 50 % of the plants are in flower and then stop.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• The flowering of music-making in the deep past is hotly debated.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• The first flowering of the reblooming variety of these perennial lovelies is in June.
  — Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 22 Apr. 2023
• Pruning after the first flowering is probably the best bet.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
• Seeds of Life offers flowering trees such as this Magnolia Ann.
  — Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 25 Mar. 2023
• This arithmetic led to the destruction of older categories and a rapid flowering of new rap subgenres around the world.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
• The series is part of a wider flowering of the city’s arts, in defiance of frequent attacks by Islamist militants.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
• There would be no problem pruning your plant by one-half or more but flowering is likely to be delayed until mid to late summer.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Feb. 2022
• Ahead, find a few of our favorite flowering shrubs that work beautifully in any garden.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023
• Many flowering trees and dwarf tree cultivars also have been bred in recent years to work in smaller gardens.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 July 2023
• Most flowering trees require full sun, which is considered 6 or more hours of direct sunlight per day.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 13 Mar. 2023
• In fact, many regions experienced better weather this year than last for the flowering of vines, except for certain parts of the southwest that were hit with frost and hail.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022
• Its flowering stems work well as cut flowers for arrangements.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2023
• Winters are getting warmer as a result of the climate crisis, and scientists say that’s linked to early flowering.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
• Each flower lasts only a few days, but the Easter lily usually ships with unopened buds, so flowering can continue for two weeks when the plant is kept in bright light.
  — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
• Leaves make the energy that supports flowering and fruiting.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Every spring, more than a million visitors from around the world are drawn into a pink intensity, the brief, poignant flowering of thousands of trees lining the Tidal Basin.
  — Dominique Browning, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
• Most people consider these plants to be temporary and will discard them once the flowering is complete.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
• Pansies tumble out of window boxes at downtown bars and restaurants, peonies burst from front yards in the historic districts in the spring, and even the occasional flowering weed pops up from the sidewalk with cheery and hospitable flair.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024