How to Use ivy in a Sentence

ivy

noun
  • The set comes with 24 pieces of ivy, each about 78 inches long.
    Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Wrigley Field has the ivy, but Fenway’s wall beats a bunch of leaves.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • It’s the Lenox Christmas pattern with the holly and the ivy on it.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Veeck strung bittersweet from the top of the wall to the bottom, then planted the ivy at the base of the wall.
    Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • In raised beds along the bottom of the fence grow inch plants, ivy, ferns, and leopard plants.
    Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The Porches trawled up the outside of the cemetery, which was lined with ivy and barbed wire.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • White shutters frame the windows, and ivy crawls up a corner of the façade.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • How cute is this elf climbing up the ivy to rescue his princess?
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 Oct. 2022
  • First, though, what is your plan for replacing the ivy?
    oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
  • My fig ivy has been thriving for seven years on the south wall of our house.
    Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • There was fake ivy everywhere—over the tops of the windows, on top of the cabinets in the kitchen.
    Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 10 May 2021
  • The big hit off Kershaw was a bases-loaded double by Bote off the ivy in left field.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
  • Covered in ivy, the home has five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Someone thought to post them on a wall at the main arena, and the telegrams crept up the wall to cover it like ivy.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Also known as devil’s ivy, this plant grows in low light.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
  • The blooms are accompanied by long, green stems of ivy.
    Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Walk past the ivy and you're transported, to a place that doesn't exist elsewhere.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Wrapped in ivy, but still in good condition, the stone rose from the fertile forest floor.
    John Temple, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The front of the stage was draped with ivy and smilax and a profusion of flowers addend much to the scenic effect.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • It had been stashed in the crevice of a stone wall under some ivy, inside a black, waterproof bag.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Now the building is falling in on itself, overgrown with vines, ivy, and trees.
    Wright Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 July 2021
  • Behind the red front door of the salon dotted with green ivy and ferns, wooden Afro picks from Africa line the walls of the home studio.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • This means the ivy will be able to grow much faster and larger under those conditions.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Pines and jacarandas shade the rutless roads that jog by ivy walls of gated enclaves.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • It’s been kitted out with bamboo lining on the far wall and climbing ivy.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • It’s covered in ivy, which isn’t parasitic but is taking light away from the tree.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2022
  • At the Kilian Bar, guests are met with a stunning ambience filled with ivy and red awnings in the grand courtyard.
    Allyson Portee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The windows were below the ground level looked over some ivy planted to a ledge at street level.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The ivy, if not addressed, will eventually kill all these trees.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Also undamaged: the text of the 19th-century love poem that wraps around the walls of the vault like the ivy of infatuation.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024

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