How to Use bluebell in a Sentence

bluebell

noun
  • Trips to the playground, to the woods to see bluebells, the park to see the ducks and swans.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • In another key scene, the two ride out into a wood filled with bluebells.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 21 June 2017
  • Spanish bluebells bloom in shades of blue, pink, and white and are most striking when planted in large drifts.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Even among the vivid purple, pink and white wildflowers, bluebells stand out, though their time is short.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Virginia bluebells are the opposite of tulips and daffodils in this way.
    — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 27 May 2017
  • After the bluebells lose their bloom, purple geraniums will be the next flower to bloom at the park.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • The wildflower meadows show clumps of poppies, as well as bluebells and yellow tidytips.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Over half of the world’s bluebells are found in the UK and there are plenty of places to spot them around the country.
    — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In April, bluebells were waving across the hillside in a thousand shades of blue, pink, lavender and white.
    — Margo Rabb, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • It's estimated that 50 solid acres of the park is covered in bluebells.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Wildflowers, from bluebells to red campion, coat the woodsy river banks where some old, towering trees can be seen.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Virginia bluebells bloom every spring and the sweet pepperbush fills the late summer garden with its scent of cloves.
    — Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
  • In English woodlands, bluebells flower early in spring, as light seeps through newly leafing trees.
    — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Nothing will get you in the mood to spring forward like a bouquet of spring jokes, spring one-liners, and spring puns, which pop up alongside tulips, daffodils, and bluebells.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Visitors will be seeing the parks in peak spring bloom with bluebells, peonies, wisteria, roses and more at their most colorful.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Smithsonian, 10 May 2018
  • After they get pollinated, the bluebells essentially turn into seeds for next year's bloom.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • And yet the tradeoff for getting to see the bluebells was being too early for the roses, peonies, foxgloves, and summer wildflowers.
    — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Participants will learn about spring flowers such as bluebells and mayapples and get identification tips.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Grape hyacinths, crocus, snowdrops, Siberian squill and bluebells can be grown under deciduous trees.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Set your table and embrace the ’70s-Laurel Canyon aesthetic, or adorn your bed with soothing bluebell blooms.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 May 2022
  • But by the hundreds, the thousands, the bluebells were creating what felt like an optical illusion, a carpet of color that hovered above the forest floor.
    — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The Grave of the Unknown Warrior will be framed by spring flowers including sprigs of rosemary, bay, bluebells and forget-me-nots.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 5 May 2023
  • In the spring, the mountains surrounding Vail are covered in pale blue bluebells, pink fireweed, vibrant paintbrush, and the purples of lupin and larkspur, among others.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2024
  • Deep meadows lush with vibrant prairie bluebells, gushing water, and resplendent valleys snuggled between giant, slate grey walls top off this classic adventure.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In a scene that epitomizes the film's discreet but charged sensuality, Michell, Eley and the two leads transform a lovely bluebell wood into a place charged with omen.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2017
  • The bluebells arrive, like an iridescent blue carpet below, spreading along hedgerows, suddenly swamping forests and copses, emerging out of the rotten, sodden leaves of last autumn.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Osha is common along forest edges and ravines of the Rocky Mountains, growing alongside the Colorado columbine and bluebell wildflowers.
    — Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Terms to describe the natural world—such as acorn, adder, bluebell, bramble, otter, raven and willow—have been banished to make room for such chilly contemporary words as blog, broadband and bullet-point.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Interspersed among the green plants is Hyacinthoides hispanica, commonly called Spanish bluebell or wood hyacinth.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
  • Natural light spilled in from massive windows, which overlooked an interior garden brimming with bluebells and flowering magnolias.
    — Brady Dennis, The Denver Post, 24 May 2017

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