How to Use lupine in a Sentence

lupine

noun
  • And the plant species used most by that species was large-leaved lupine.
    Kristen Rogers and David G. Allan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The lupines in the low foothills make beautiful fields of purple.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Were brilliant blue lupine blooming from the dusty rocks?
    Siena Giljum, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • In this parallel world, lupine lore tells of a human child who will speak for the wolves.
    Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Many of the lupine that have come up again in my wildflower garden this year have curled leaves.
    oregonlive, 20 May 2020
  • Some, like lupine, grow quickly and prepare the soil for other plants.
    Adam Beam, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • And in Tahoe City, lupines spring up along the lake shore in June or July each year — some reaching four feet tall.
    Sunny Fitzgerald, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2020
  • There’s nothing wrong with being a wolf; most of us are at least a little lupine.
    B. D. McClay, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Dozens of groups have tracked life’s reemergence there, one lupine and ladybug at a time.
    Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 21 Apr. 2021
  • These buttes jut upward like the bony ridge of a lupine jaw, sharp and carnivorous and ragged.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Here lupine provide the foreground with pink poppies in the background.
    Nicole Cammorata, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
  • By midsummer, though, shoots of lupine and fireweed were peeking through the ground.
    Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Around them are meadows of mule’s ears and purple lupine, sagebrush fields, and thick forests that dip to a river, then surge up the peak.
    Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • If they were injured in the course of this lupine marauding, the wounds would appear on their human flesh.
    Mark O’Connell, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2020
  • For all their skill at the lupine game of thrones, these wolves and others in the region are no match for ATVs and automatic weapons.
    Richard Pallardy, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The ancients noticed this and believed lupines chased away all other plants around them.
    Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman, 7 Feb. 2018
  • This stretch travels through black oak savanna, with lupine and burly oaks.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2019
  • The grassy fields around the tower filled with grape soda lupine flowers, and the large, white blooms of Jimson weed dotted the forest floor.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The dampness heightened the fragrance of blooming lupine, filling the woods with the delicate smell of grape juice.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • On the route, guests can spot violet lupines, purple asters, glacier lilies, and beargrass.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Behind the store, the hill was covered with green grass, orange poppies and lavender lupine.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • Raised from seed gathered in the Dungeness River valley, the lupine was sowed for the first time in 2013, and has flourished ever since.
    Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2017
  • In the spring, her garden was a Monet: a blur of bright pink phlox, deep purple lupine, blue hyacinth, and yellow and red tulips.
    Beverly Beckham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
  • Robust stands of oak arch over the footpath that’s lined with lupine and globs of russet basalt that confirm the hill’s volcanic origins.
    Mare Czinar, azcentral, 7 June 2019
  • In years past, poppies and deep blue lupine flanked Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet.
    Nathan Solisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Choose from a number of colors, including dew and lupine.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Both movie and book end with Buck living on to create an immortal legacy with the lupine pack and their offspring.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2020
  • At 92 percent full, many areas of exposed shore are filled with blooming lupine.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2018
  • But on a recent Thursday, after drenching rains in Los Angeles, the grass was a rich green and purple lupine lined the path.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Fields brim with lupine, silverweed, and geranium in every shade of purple and blue; songbirds trill and chirp in the trees.
    Acacia Johnson, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2020

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'lupine.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: