How to Use biennial in a Sentence

biennial

adjective
  • The governor explained the biennial budget proposal.
  • This biennial plant grows to a height of six feet.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The bricks show up singly or in stacks across biennial venues.
    — Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Since then, the biennial event has been held in even-number years.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2020
  • Scotch thistle is a biennial, rising from its first year rosette to bloom and set seed its second year.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018
  • The biennial promises to be a cross-disciplinary record of that time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • So is there a chance the museums may never show this year’s biennial in person?
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Curly parsley is a biennial, producing leaves the first year and flowers and seeds the next year.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
  • As a biennial, the LSC systems team can have more time to plan.
    — Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
  • This change in the biennial tournament led to a review in prize money.
    — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Identify this biennial plant by the shape of its leaves, which smell garlicky when crushed, and by its white spring flowers.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2025
  • Since parsley is a biennial herb, this only happens in the second year.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
  • Allow plants to set seeds and ensure this biennial returns year after year.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Allow plants to set seeds and ensure this biennial returns year after year.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Last month, the biennial count of the homeless showed more people living on the streets than ever before.
    — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 23 Aug. 2017
  • One of the reasons for parsley’s persistence is its biennial growth habit.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The biennial system purports to be against the market, as if that were even possible.
    — Vulture, 5 June 2023
  • Their win marks the first time that two artists have shared the biennial prize since its 2018 inception.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Dec. 2025
  • This biennial cycle creates a timing quirk that trips up buyers.
    — Allison Palmer updated February 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The biennial stays loose — and that’s the secret behind its many successes.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And Janus makes a good emblem for these biennial contests, which are full of double meaning.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The initiative was approved as part of the biennial state budget in June.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The biennial match-play tournament is a three-day event with five different sessions.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That change has led to biennial agony about the risk of one party getting locked out of the November election.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
  • Parsley is a cut-and-come-again biennial herb that can be harvested throughout the growing season.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
  • The biennial form is not exhausted.
    — Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The biennial event will feature ten young singers, between the ages of 18 and 30, who live or study in Texas.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 May 2020
  • This group of native daisies includes annual, perennial or biennial species that flower for months on end.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • The statue was placed at a riverfront park where the city holds a biennial Civil War reenactment.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 30 May 2017
  • Instead, the office has relied on bridge funding every couple of years through the biennial budget.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Mar. 2026

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