How to Use invasive in a Sentence

invasive

1 of 2 adjective

• But word to the wise: Some of those beautiful blooms might come from invasive species.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
• Right now, invasive species trees block a view of the waterway.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
• For the second year in a row, goats are strolling around part of the Colerain Park munching on invasive plants and weeds.
  — Ashley Smith, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
• Does your mother bristle at the sight of invasive plants?
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• Rosie Gray at The Spectator compares it to kudzu, the invasive vine that adorns Southern . . .
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2022
• The plan was to have the baby get a little bigger and stronger before doing more invasive tests.
  — jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• To grow: Considered an invasive plant in the Northwest, be sure to grow Japanese blood grass in a pot.
  — Sunset Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• This year, Bryant said, some children have been infected with the flu along with invasive Group A strep disease.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2022
• It’s that time of year again, the time when the invasive, unwelcome and destructive Burmese pythons in the Everglades should be nervous.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022
• There has been a lot of press of late concerning an invasive earthworm from Asia now found in 15 states in the Midwest and in Nova Scotia.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2022
• The tengus are not the only invasive species plaguing Georgia.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022
• The brown widow is less common than the black widow and is an invasive species, not native to North America.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 8 July 2022
• That rainfall accelerated the growth of globe chamomile, an invasive species native to South Africa that now grows all over the area.
  — Joe Duhownik, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022
• Beginning in the mid-1990s, the Navy partnered with the National Park Service to remove invasive species from the island.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2022
• This film takes place four years later, when humans are learning how to live with invasive dinosaur species.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
• This led to the trail becoming overgrown with invasive plant species, according to Clement.
  — Corey Schmidt, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
• However, there is no need to be invasive in getting clients.
  — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• Giant tortoises were almost wiped out there in the 18th and 19th centuries by whalers and other sailors, as well as by invasive species such as goats.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• The pythons reflect the destruction invasive species can wreak in native ecosystems.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022
• An invasive species, lampreys have decimated game species in the Great Lakes.
  — Bill Laitner, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
• Some states like California and Texas have deemed that pampas grass is an invasive species.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2022
• Van Der Beek then explained that fire ants are actually not native to Texas and are an invasive species.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 12 July 2022
• With a minimally-invasive procedure, the BCI is implanted in the blood vessel on the surface of the motor cortex of the brain via the jugular vein.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022
• Park staff removed invasive cane that enveloped a broad sandy bank that the trail at the Hot Spring resort previously traversed.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 22 Dec. 2022
• Their tasks run the gamut from building new trails to removing invasive species to repairing damage.
  — Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2022
• After concern from users on Facebook about invasive species, Texas Parks and Wildlife assured commenters in 2018 that the flamingo was unlikely to be a threat.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
• Scientists are looking at an invasive species of Pacific oysters that may have lured her to her doom.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
• Corbicula clams, like the one seen in Winters Run, are part of an invasive species that does not originate in Maryland but has been found there before.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2022
• The reason that’s important, authorities said, is because propagative plants can be invasive to an ecosystem and could harm crops or plants.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
• In one newspaper ad, a smiling Baribeau in surgical scrubs is as a pioneer in minimally invasive heart surgery.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022

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invasive

2 of 2 noun

• So the invasives can't handle it, but the goldfields are uniquely adapted to it.
  — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 3 May 2023
• It was introduced to the U.S. in the 1870s, but escaped gardens and is now classified as an invasive in the mid-Atlantic states.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
• That describes any of the possibly 6 million feral hogs in the United States, the most intractable invasives that most people have never heard of.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• The event was intended to raise awareness for a variety of fish species, ranging from natives to invasives, found in Wisconsin waters.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• One invasive, the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), is of particular concern.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
• Also avoid porcelainberry, which is poisonous and a foreign invasive.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• From bamboo to bushes, invasives, environmentalists say, have wrapped their tendrils all across Maryland.
  — Dorothy Hood, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2023
• Though access to Lehua is severely restricted, Baiao’s team is drafting a biosecurity plan to prevent restoration crews from accidentally introducing invasives as people move between islands.
  — Tim Lydon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
• So the invasives can't handle it, but the goldfields are uniquely adapted to it.
  — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 3 May 2023
• It was introduced to the U.S. in the 1870s, but escaped gardens and is now classified as an invasive in the mid-Atlantic states.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
• That describes any of the possibly 6 million feral hogs in the United States, the most intractable invasives that most people have never heard of.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• The event was intended to raise awareness for a variety of fish species, ranging from natives to invasives, found in Wisconsin waters.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• One invasive, the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), is of particular concern.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
• Also avoid porcelainberry, which is poisonous and a foreign invasive.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• From bamboo to bushes, invasives, environmentalists say, have wrapped their tendrils all across Maryland.
  — Dorothy Hood, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2023
• Though access to Lehua is severely restricted, Baiao’s team is drafting a biosecurity plan to prevent restoration crews from accidentally introducing invasives as people move between islands.
  — Tim Lydon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024