How to Use bonsai in a Sentence

bonsai

noun
  • This kit comes with pruning shears and enough seeds and pots to grow four bonsai trees.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Bring the outdoors in with this unique take on a bonsai garden.
    — Lauren Matthews, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The thing came out looking like a bonsai tree covered in acid rain.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 27 June 2017
  • Boy, did that bonsai grow into a full tree after this episode.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Swap the standard flowers for this bonsai that's bound to put a smile on her face all year round.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The grounds also have four bonsai trees, each over 100 years old.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Until about a decade ago, Watanabe grew and shaped small bonsai trees.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Desserts range from a sorbet flight to the eye-catching autumn bonsai.
    — Marcy De Luna, Chron, 11 Jan. 2023
  • This special fall show highlights bonsai with fall foliage or fruit.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Oct. 2017
  • These stunning miniatures are like bonsai trees pruned with a switchblade.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • The bonsai, which Barnes tears in half and throws into the salt water, isn’t so lucky.
    — Brian Moylan, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Strubbe also practices bonsai, the art of shaping live plants.
    — Daily Pilot, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Sometimes the trunks of ficus trees are twisted or braided or trained as a bonsai.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Next, combine one part bonsai soil to two parts peat moss in a plastic container.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2022
  • If plants are her thing, this beautiful azalea bonsai tree will add some color to her home.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Hernandez comes in two days a week to keep the bonsai alive.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The meeting, dubbed Jade Night will be a workshop on jade plants as bonsai.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • Several bonsai trees were found to be more than 1,000 years old .
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2021
  • Gardeners can learn the art of bonsai, load up on supplies and see more than 50 trees at the plant show.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 23 June 2019
  • Powell herself has become an expert on the pruning and care for bonsai.
    — Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 13 June 2018
  • Vendors offer for sale interesting pots, trees, soil and tools to make your own bonsai.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Mature bonsai trees rest atop polished concrete and wood pedestals of different heights.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Brussel will style multiple Kingsville boxwood bonsai on a lace rock.
    — NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • There’s no basketball court, but there is a guesthouse, two pools and a floating staircase that wraps around a bonsai tree.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2021
  • All of the homes will include outdoor spaces, and some will feature an indoor bonsai garden.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The sale prices on the orchid and succulents are the lowest to date, with the bonsai being a second-best price.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 8 May 2023
  • Four years ago, a friend gave Echavarria a 25-year-old juniper bonsai as a birthday present.
    — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Floating stairs wrap around a bonsai tree, ascending to the top level complete with a catwalk.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
  • In between are bundles of dwarf conifers and petite perennial shrubs, and dozens of bonsai on display.
    — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • This is probably the most famous bonsai in the United States.
    — Discover Magazine, 10 July 2012

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