How to Use garland in a Sentence

garland

1 of 2 noun
  • They placed a garland of flowers around her neck.
  • Plus, it can be used for garland and wreaths, too.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Help your kids cut out purr-fect black cat faces for a glowing garland.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The root word lei is the same name for the garland of flowers worn around the neck.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Hang the fall garland above your door or along your porch eaves for easy outdoor fall decor.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • String beads and felt poms to create a simple and sweet garland.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Make this garland in warm autumn shades by crafting pom-poms from yarn.
    — Shelby Deering, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Along the stair railing was a garland adorned with golden baubles and lights.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Play them up with faux tree garland and other decor of similar hues.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Silvery twine loops form a scalloped garland.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Looking forward to using this garland in the fall wreaths for our front doors.
    — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Add some festive flare to your home with this pre-lit holiday garland.
    — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2022
  • These giant versions are just the right size to make festive garland.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • This faux cedar garland is prelit with sparkling warm white lights and measure 9 feet long.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Lights, wreaths and garlands are also common.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Set up time for a craft-ernoon with the kids to create a blue-speckled egg garland.
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Make a garland with green construction paper and faux red berries.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Thread twine through each hole, evenly spacing the oranges on the garland.
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Create this easy fall citrus garland using felt and string.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This front door garland is inviting and adds a simple but warm touch for the holidays.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Opt for garland that features a mix of fir tree branches and lights for an attractive look.
    — Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 6 Dec. 2022
  • This garland of Indian corn can be used indoors or out.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Set a festive tone with a string of Indian corn garland.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Finish the look with a garland of leaves woven around the chandelier arms.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Tuck them into vases, along the mantel, or into a length of garland.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The bride wears a garland of pink-and-white blossoms and a short white dress with spaghetti straps and a flaring skirt.
    — Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
  • Tie cinnamon sticks to wreaths, add them to centerpieces, or string them on a garland.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Tie cinnamon sticks to wreaths, add them to centerpieces, or string them on a garland.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • One clip included a garland over a large fireplace with fairy lights and three stockings.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
  • This simple, gold garland adds some festive fun to any space, without taking over the room.
    — Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 5 Dec. 2022

garland

2 of 2 verb
  • Attach to the mantle, tree, or garland with the tails of the string.
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Add a faux fur skirt or garland around the tree for an elevated approach to the decade.
    — Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The first two books are now rightly famous, garlanded with a Booker each.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In this effort, citizens were more likely to garland him with roses rather than drench him in cold water.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • An Arab wedding convoy rode past, horns blaring, cars garlanded with pink and red roses.
    — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
  • An Arab wedding convoy rode past, horns blaring, cars garlanded with pink and red roses.
    — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • This 90-piece set comes with an assortment of shapes and sizes that will give any tree, wreath, or garland more dimension.
    — Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Keep evergreens cool Try to place outdoor wreaths, swags, or garland out of direct sunlight, which tends to dry them out faster.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Cats darted up and down the front steps, which were garlanded with Christmas decorations.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But one of the building’s façades is still a temporary wall, lacking the elaborate statues and adornments that will one day garland it.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Over her shoulder, through the window, was a palm tree in front of a car wash, next to a fast-food place—all of it garlanded with crisscrossing electrical wires.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The old-fashioned Square gets all gussied up for the season with lights and garland a plenty, plus a 12-foot Christmas tree.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2023
  • What matters to Celtic and Rangers, at all times, is winning — to garland their own reputation and to dent that of their rival.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Squiggles of Nutella complete one option, also garlanded with fruit, known as the Triple.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Outlining the door's trim, garland with coordinating pops of yellow unify the space.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Once harvested, the chiles are sometimes garlanded with string and left to dry in the sun, an essential process that can take as long as a month, depending on the weather.
    — Eric Kim, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In the Hawaiian tradition, everyone wore colorful clothes and were garlanded with leis.
    — Paul Theroux, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
  • The ownership ranks were garlanded by a phalanx of Bollywood stars and cricketing legends.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Networks pay out big salaries to be able to have the most familiar faces, the most famous names and the most compelling characters sit awkwardly around a low-slung table, garlanding the coverage.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • Modi said in his address Thursday, speaking in front of a billowing, oversize Indian flag on a podium garlanded with jasmine flowers.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
  • One of the great monuments of world culture—a temple garlanded with masterful carvings—the Parthenon was designed by Phidias to celebrate the glory of Athens.
    — Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The Indian government garlanded her with one of its highest civilian honors, the Padma Bhushan, in 2022.
    — Mayukh Sen, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • In June there are midsommar festivals garlanded with wild flowers—mercifully unlike Midsommar, save for the maypoles that stand tall in nearly every village.
    — Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Wreaths Across America, the nonprofit that garlands the graves of American service members during the holiday season, is looking for a few good donations.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • More inspired are Gianni Versace’s diaphanous dresses of gold and silver mesh, a signature material that the designer garlanded with crosses.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2018
  • Currently, garlanded with his new 40 points, the longshot placer sits 17th in the Derby standings, but next weekend’s three big hundred-point preps seem to assure that other higher-earning horses will be shouldering on up into the top twenty.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023

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