How to Use plant in a Sentence

plant

1 of 2 verb

• She planted stakes in the garden to hold the vines.
• She claims that the police planted the drugs in her car.
• I planted corn this year.
• I planted the border with roses.
• I firmly planted my feet and refused to move.
• He was a spy planted in the office by a rival company.
• Terrorists planted a bomb in the bus station.
• Someone planted a rumor saying that he had died.
• He planted himself in front of the TV and stayed there.
• The kicker would still plant a tee at the 35-yard line.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Keep the area moist, but not wet, and wait four to six weeks to plant.
  — Nate Northup, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
• In the winter, the city plants pansies to liven up the half-mile walk around the lake.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 June 2023
• Dickie plants a kiss on Tom’s cheek when the song ends.
  — Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
• This’ll help keep the hooks planted and prevent the fish from pulling the rod out of your hands.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
• Farmers are afraid to plant their crops or take their herds out to roam.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Here in the South, people frequently plant it at the beach.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
• The funds, we were told, went to plant trees in Israel, a land that was far away and foreign to me.
  — Judy Berlfein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the photo, the athlete's son Benjamin holds the kitten up to his face to plant a kiss.
  — Charlotte Triggs, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• Players taller than 6-5 are no longer just planted in the paint.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• People used to plant corn, squash, potatoes, beans and things like that.
  — The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• In the black-and-white photo, Gomez leaned back while Blanco hunched over to plant a kiss on her lips.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• How to: Start by laying on back on mat with feet planted and knees bent.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
• For example, don’t plant them in the center of the yard, in line with neighbors’ trees, or straight out from the corner of the house.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• Their best guess at this point is that somebody planted the carcass on the shore as a joke.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
• Don’t plant thirsty plants into dry beds and vice versa.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• This month is a time to plant seeds for long-term prosperity.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• For the best results, Akin instructs gardeners to find the root crown — the place where the trunk becomes the roots — and plant the tree at that depth.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• And for every pair purchased, the brand plants a pair of trees in the Brazilian rainforest.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
• Way back before the first roots were planted in this lush pocket of Sonoma wine country, the winemaker had a feeling the finished product would be worth the wait.
  — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Adrianna vineyard takes its moniker from Catena’s younger sister, Adrianna, who was at home with their parents when the vineyard was first planted.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024

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plant

2 of 2 noun

• The gangsters never suspected that he was a police plant.
• But that’s what some of the plant’s neighbors called for.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Keeping the light on 24/7 can stunt growth and plant tissue and cause the plant to die.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
• To produce green tea, leaves from the plant are steamed, pan fried and dried.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
• Watch the video above to learn how to cool off plants and keep your garden healthy.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• While the plants took the heat, the small flowers of Mexican heather didn’t float my boat.
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 May 2023
• The plants here grow up to three feet long and pop between mid-April and early May.
  — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
• While mushrooms are great to use in the kitchen, spotting them in the garden on a tree is not a good sign for the plant.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• All of these plants grow in full sun, but hardiness varies.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
• There are three of them, spaced well apart from each other and other plants.
  — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• When asked in late 2023, the company declined to disclose salary ranges for jobs at the plant.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
• Pruning to promote a healthy plant is the best place to start for long-term plant performance.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
• Instead, components of plants are mixed to try to mimic the taste and texture of meat.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 23 June 2023
• In the Mojave preserve, the park service is now working on ways to restore these plants.
  — Liz Kreutz, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• After that, drop your new plant into a sturdy pot or saucer.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2024
• For your green thumb, find tips for saving money on houseplants and how to keep your plants alive longer.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
• The secret is a small budding plant called hop, a plant of which Michigan was once a top producer.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• For a cannabis brand, this archetype aligns well with the exploration and discovery of the plant’s potential.
  — Dan Serard, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
• From there, the water dissipates in the desert heat, leaving behind white salt crystals on the plants’ leaves.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
• The muted color palette lets the greenery from the plant really shine.
  — Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
• My rosemary plants especially had no chance against the spring frost.
  — Paige Curtis, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2023
• These tough, drought-tolerant plants will bloom all summer until the first frost.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
• Large crabgrass can spread rapidly by tillering or from sprouts at the base of the plant, which rapidly increases the width of the crabgrass clump.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
• Get some nature therapy in the courtyard, where Old and New World plants flourish.
  — Joni Sweet, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Fain told workers that additional plants could be added to the strikes later.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2023
• Hailing from the Mediterranean region, rosemary oil is extracted from the leaves of the rosemary plant.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 9 June 2023
• Roughly 1,300 workers at the plant lost their jobs when the factory idled in February.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2023
• Attendees will learn how to select, plant and care for native plants.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• Researchers knew the insects could feed on more than 70 types of plants in addition to their primary food, the tree of heaven.
  — Nala Rogers, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
• The word lū'au itself actually refers to the leaves of the taro plant, which has great significance in the Hawaiian culture.
  — Julia Warren, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024