How to Use grapevine in a Sentence

grapevine

noun
  • Here are the blue skies, the tawny hills, the grapevines tinged fierce red.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Arrange with leaves and grapevines.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Thread fine-gauge florist wire through the hole and wire the mold to the grapevine.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The grapevine might be buzzing about you in the upcoming week.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Or purchase a preformed grapevine wreath at a crafts store.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Dances often had knee lifts, grapevines and steps forward and back.
    — Nicole Tsong, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
  • The list includes grapevines, black cherry trees and sycamores.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The list includes grapevines, black cherry trees and sycamores.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In a few cases, swathes of grapevines died when the lanternflies moved in.
    — Nala Rogers, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes victims found him through the grapevine.
    — Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
  • This has proved to be an effective method for killing wild grapevines for decades.
    — oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Start with grapevine wreath forms, which require no wire or tape to hold greenery.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Most crew who jump ship do so not through agencies but through the old-fashioned grapevine.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2021
  • It is strongly advised to grow your grapevine on some sort of support.
    — Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Add them to a plain grapevine wreath and finish with faux spiders and webbing.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Reputations are made and lost by what’s heard on the grapevine.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 22 May 2022
  • Visitors can stroll through the vineyard and choose a grapevine to adopt.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2024
  • For a wreath, remove the heads of flowers, then wire them onto a grapevine form.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The neighbor kid burned down your cherry, but the grapevine’s looking fine.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Word of this change spread with great interest through the pimp grapevine around the country.
    — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Productive fruit trees and grapevines still grow below ground.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the sweetest part of their business -- rows of grapevines -- were left behind.
    — Mireya Villarreal, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Make your own by hot-gluing small branches to a grapevine wreath and spray painting it black.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And up to this point, Harvey’s been fairly silent about all that’s come through the grapevine.
    — Tre’vell Anderson, Essence, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Around the doors flat pilasters have carved leaf corbels at their tops, plus a header carved with grapevines.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Cut or break the band binding the stems tightly together in a grapevine wreath.
    — Penelope O'Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Attach lengths of grapevine just below the opening with T-pins.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • The most critical time in a grapevine’s life is in May, when bloom occurs.
    — Mary Orlin, The Mercury News, 20 May 2017
  • Avoid the grapevine, Scorpio, but don't dismiss the facts on the table.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 May 2018
  • Along with the rows and rows of grapevines, the land is planted with orchards for your enjoyment.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026

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