How to Use pollen in a Sentence

pollen

noun

• Clear Things Up With the spring comes the spawn, along with the pollen.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
• The insect lands on a plant, and pollen sticks to the insect.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2022
• Grass pollen, weed pollen, and mold spores are all low.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
• Mud, sand, and pollen are no match for these Dyson faves.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 July 2024
• But researchers didn’t find any maize pollen in the canals.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
• Lots of dust and pollen in the arena right at that moment.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2021
• Keep your windows and doors closed to reduce the amount of pollen that can get in.
  — Maria Masters, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• Rain — which tends to scrub pollen from the air — has been mostly MIA since Aug. 29.
  — Nick Halter, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
• To that end, do any of the dancers have strong pollen allergies?
  — Hartford Courant, 11 July 2022
• It’s finished with beeswax cream and sprinkles of bee pollen on the top.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2022
• Pollen update: Recent counts have been washed out, as has much of the pollen in the air.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
• The zoo is working to get pollen to help the plant pollinate.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 20 July 2022
• The BreezoMeter app rates the amount of pollen from three sources — trees, weeds and grass — on a 1-to-5 scale.
  — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
• The Blue Pure Max unit clears the air of odor and pollen quickly — and does it quietly.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• The city’s port and economy are booming, and progress hangs like pollen in the air.
  — Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
• Still, there were no reliable traces of the flowers from which the pollen came.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
• Mites, thrips, aphids and some pollen and plant juices round out their diet.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• The air around us contains water droplets, dust, pollen, and ash.
  — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
• Use a dry cloth or soft brush to gently wipe away any loose pollen or dust.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2023
• Tap the flower icon on the menu at the bottom and view three-day pollen forecasts for your area.
  — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
• Jonathan Gitlin The rain is about 50 percent pollen by volume in May.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
• In mid-May the air is heavy with tree pollen, and the leaves are still unfolding, still bright, still soft.
  — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• The Christmas cactus has less spikey pads with rounder edges, and its pollen is pink.
  — Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
• Spring is a time of rebirth, of resurgence, of flowers in bloom and pollen and sneezes.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• But a lot of the pollen in his sediment cores didn’t seem to be from nearby.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• Raging pollen-itis and mold-o-rama was a small price to pay.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
• The pie gets topped with sabayon (cream and egg whites that are cooked, chilled and then whipped) and sprinkles of bee pollen.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2021
• This one can take on all the unwanted houseguests, from pollen and smoke to germs.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• The National Eye Institute also notes that allergens such as pollen, dust mites, mold, and dander can also cause or contribute to pink eye.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
• Hay Fever Allergic rhinitis, commonly known as seasonal allergies or hay fever, is a response to allergens such as pollen.
  — Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 10 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025