How to Use tulip in a Sentence

tulip

noun
Definition of tulipnext
  • The logic of the Dutch tulip boom and bust soon spread.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 24 Mar. 2020
  • It was painted gray and tan, with stonework around the door and a bed of tulips.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • On March 1, workers peeled back the tarp to good news: The tulips were still there.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • In the fall of 2020, the Huberts planted their first tulip bulbs.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Kids can play in Farmer Glenn’s Trike Yard and pick their own tulips.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Add more soil and plant the next larger bulb, such as tulip.
    — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2020
  • It’s shaped like an evil tulip with jagged teeth on the outside.
    — Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
  • In this spring wreath, white tulips are the star of the show, but the faux lamb’s ear does all the work to fill it out and fluff it up.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Siam tulip has small leaves and pink or white bract clusters.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There was a bouquet of tulips in a vase and a pair of balloons that wafted in the spring breeze.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 3 Apr. 2020
  • And a small bouquet of flowers, maybe dahlias and tulips on the table.
    — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Red oaks, white oaks, chestnuts and tulip trees thrive there.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
  • Whole Foods in Boise has 20-stem tulips on sale for $15 through Valentine’s Day.
    — Anna Webb, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2024
  • There is a tulip that has blossomed for three days a year, every year, for the last 30 years.
    — Molly Fitzpatrick, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In the above collection, Olivia added a special touch to the tulip toward the top of the photo.
    — Jenny Comita, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2021
  • In the spring, tulips from Diane’s garden graced many desks in the House Chamber.
    — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Style-wise, tulip glasses straddle the line between the flute and coupe.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Style-wise, tulip glasses straddle the line between the flute and coupe.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2024
  • When the sun sparkles through the bed of ombre purple-to-pink tulips at Smale Park, thank the park workers.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 1 May 2018
  • The city of Pella, Iowa, plants tulip bulbs in the fall, which bloom for the Tulip Time festival each spring.
    — WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Yes, your tulips may have just started blooming, but snow is on the way.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Deep under the sea lies a creature that sort of looks like a ghostly tulip.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Floods of salt water from the nearby Rhode River soaked the roots of the maples, beeches and tulip poplars.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • First, along the 19th-century tulip fields, which will bloom again come April.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The hemlock, maple, oak, beech and tulip trees are awash in crimson, orange and gold.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Michael Armijo hasn’t had time to replant the tulips wilting in his planter box.
    — Scott Greenstone, The Seattle Times, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The tulip design, a surprise in 1938, was the most popular.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Like plucking the petals off a tulip, Elon Musk seems to be on a one-man mission to bring down Bitcoin.
    — Rob Berger, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • The tulips are accurate but do not attempt to ride the rabbits.
    — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Daffodils and Hyacinths Opt for daffodil and hyacinth bulbs for fall planting rather than tulips.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024

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