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
  • To grow tulips in the spring, as Koether did here, plant the bulbs in the fall and cover the bed with straw.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
  • These plants naturally grow as understory shrubs and can be planted in the partial shade of taller trees like oaks and pines.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 13 June 2026
  • My great-grandfather planted his first citrus trees in Florida soil more than a hundred years ago.
    — Paul Meador, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
  • Clearly, whoever had previously owned the place wasn't just planting crops.
    — Jacqueline Goldblatt, PC Magazine, 13 June 2026
  • By now the vegetables and flower beds should be pretty well planted and plants starting to establish themselves.
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026

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
  • All kinds of plants, from towering trees down to pots of petunias, need a steady supply of moisture in the soil around their roots.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • The plant thrives in cool-season conditions and may fade as summer heat intensifies.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2026
  • There’s also the tire-shredding plant and the wood gasification plant.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • Other orange or yellow plants like sweet potato, cantaloupe, pumpkin and winter squash work the same way carrots do.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026

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