How to Use graft in a Sentence

graft

1 of 2 noun
  • Make sure the graft union is covered by mulch.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Some may send up shoots from near the ground but below the grafts.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The graft union, the bump where the tree was joined, needs to stay above the soil line.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Any graft unions on the tree’s trunk should also be well above the soil line.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Too few grafts lead to sparse coverage.
    — Will Jones, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
  • After a tissue graft, lips will be swollen and stiff for about a week.
    — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
  • Leave graft unions covered until the danger of frost has passed.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Among them was a hip bone graft to cover a chunk of bone that was ripped off in one bite from the bear.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Since the grafts are taken one by one, there are no visible marks in the donor area.
    — Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Once the tree reaches its final home, farmers plant the trees with the graft above ground.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Building a business or movement requires a lot of hard graft!
    — Rebekah Bastian, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The problem is that the rootstock can send up suckers from the roots below the graft union.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For the people at the farm, the moment meant more than just a successful graft.
    — Ryan Brennan april 23, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Seng survived the attack but had to undergo skin-graft surgery.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The cost is independent of the number of grafts used.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • And, as history tells us, perfection takes time and hard graft.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Open up the center of the plant to improve airflow and cut away any growth from below the graft union.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026
  • If hustling and hard graft were an Olympic sport, Yashere would deserve a gold medal.
    — Seven Graham, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • One approach is to bury the pots underground, and mound soil or mulch over top to cover the graft union.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • How many grafts does each zone need to achieve a satisfactory outcome for the eye?
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Tree roses are more difficult to protect because the graft union is high up on the main stem.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The final price is not calculated per graft.
    — Karen “kh” Koehler february 4, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Thaksin was sentenced to eight years in jail on graft charges on his return from 15 years in self exile.
    — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There was a series of surgeries to remove dead skin and graft replacements.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • This marks the graft union of your fragrant rose, with a root stock chosen for vigor and hardiness.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Most commonly, a second surgery is needed because the first graft has re-torn.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That’s the graft, the point where rootstock and the fruiting wood are grafted together.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • In most cases the hairs fall out of the grafts shortly after transplant and don’t regrow for about three months.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Grant received an arterial graft, taking a vein out of his left leg to give him a new popliteal artery in his right.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Public power is the answer to this fossil-fuel graft.
    — Diana Moreno, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026

graft

2 of 2 verb
  • The process is called grafting.
    — Ryan Brennan april 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There is no point in trying to graft them down lower.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The grafted rose with all its canes and blooms was forever gone.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Learn how to graft apple or pear trees using bench grafting techniques.
    — Corey Sheldon | , oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Fruit growers who graft trees should remove thorns from the rootstock when grafting.
    — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The next step is to attempt to graft the tree to preserve it and, in years to come, pass the tree to others.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
  • They are grafted roses and should be covered in winter.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • If the tree is grafted, ensure that the graft union (the swollen point on the trunk) remains above the soil line.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the best and showiest varieties are grafted onto a wild rootstock.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Any apple variety can be a dwarf if the tree is grafted to a dwarf-sized rootstock, Mohn says.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Many are grafted to combine the ideal flower onto a strong rootstock.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Shafer says that surgeons will sometimes graft fat into the thighs or hips, depending on what body shape the patient wants.
    — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Workers in a nursery can graft scion wood from a different tree onto that rootstock and a third apple may arise.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Cover these grafted roses in winter.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The point of that clause is to keep bills that might not otherwise pass from being grafted to others that will — a practice called logrolling.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
  • And as doctors began the slow work of grafting healthy skin onto her wounds, she was placed under round-the-clock sedation.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • In the nearly four years that have passed since the incident, Bolger has had surgery to graft skin to repair the damage.
    — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
  • At the moment, doctors often take blood vessels from one part of a patient's body and graft them into another body part.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2019
  • Choose grafted apple tree varieties that are suitable for your local climate.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 25 May 2026
  • So, why not simply propagate witchhazels from seed or rooted stem cutting rather than risk problems with grafting?
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Air layering works best for citrus, fig, and pomegranate trees and is easier than grafting.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Air layering works best for citrus, fig, and pomegranate trees and is easier than grafting.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Trends like it are too fleeting to support the kind of mythology that The Moment tries to graft onto it.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Sometimes, even after several weeks the swelling has not receded enough to close the wound, so surgeons have to graft skin over the opening.
    — Gina Kolata, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The first attempt at grafting pecans was in 1822, but the attempts weren’t very successful.
    — Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The sculptor also grafted a west-facing porch onto his house, an 1817 former inn.
    — David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The asparagus knife was found among the containers in the basement, alongside other grafting and pruning knives.
    — Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Little Ollie consists of a fruitless olive that has been grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That’s because there are limits to how much fat surgeons can remove and graft during a single procedure; even more, not all of the fat transferred will stay.
    — Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Growing from seed can lead to a fruit that's not as tasty, whereas commercial orchards use grafting methods that ensure great quality and size.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026

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