How to Use Spanish moss in a Sentence

Spanish moss

noun
  • Then, of course, there are the town squares draped in Spanish moss.
    — Rose Marie Walano, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2023
  • These oaks are often seen draped in Spanish moss.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • These oaks are often seen draped in Spanish moss.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For this leafy wreath, cover a foam wreath with Spanish moss.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There looks like small Spanish moss sprouting on one of our bushes.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • Here, a wintery scene is set with moody Spanish moss and a roaring fire.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The sun became hotter, and Spanish moss stroked the roof of the train.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Neon parrakeets flocked over live oaks draped in Spanish moss.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Take a ball of green Spanish moss in your hands and hollow out an opening with your thumbs.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Many of these shrubs and tree forms are sites for extensive clusters of Spanish moss.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Tendrils of Spanish moss tremble in the breeze, and the sand is soft beneath our feet.
    — Kiley Bense, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Spanish moss and crape myrtles seem to have a love-hate relationship.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • There’s a wealth of kudzu, potato vines, tree branches dripping with Spanish moss.
    — Kristen Arnett, Time, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Other more expensive media, such as peat moss or Spanish moss, can be used.
    — Mike Harrelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Where Spanish moss is minimal in your plants it can be left to give that Southern look.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The refuge is filled with mythical-looking cypress trees and live oaks with Spanish moss.
    — Sheeka Sanahori, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The canopy of cypress trees creates a shaded world where Spanish moss, ferns and orchids thrive.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • My two-hour ride also stopped under Spanish moss, amid coastal scrub and along the boundary of a mangrove swamp.
    — Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • That was the background; in the foreground were about a dozen ancient live-oak trees dripping with Spanish moss.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
  • Outdoors, the grounds span an acre and host live oak trees draped in Spanish moss and a freeform pool surrounded by a sundeck.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Go to pay your respects and take a stroll under the giant arms of ancient live oaks dripping with Spanish moss.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
  • In central Florida, there’s a place where live oak trees meet the blue sky and Spanish moss drips from each limb.
    — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Imagine Bedford Falls but draped in Spanish moss instead of snow.
    — Stephanie Hunt, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The unpaved state highway cuts through a slough crowded with bald cypress trees laden with Spanish moss and spidery air plants.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
  • Finally, the riders entered a canopy of oaks dripping Spanish moss that marked the park entrance.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The park is a cathedral of colossal trees draped in Spanish moss, where sunlight filters through a dense green canopy and the air hums with cicadas.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This southern town oozes mysterious charm with its hundreds-years-old live oak trees and their dripping Spanish moss.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
  • About This Episode For the last episode of the season, a reader has a Spanish moss dilemma.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Thousands of music lovers descend upon the park to camp out beneath ancient live oak trees covered in Spanish moss.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The live oaks, heavy with Spanish moss and surrounded by palm trees, evoke a quintessential Southern vibe.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2026

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