How to Use morning glory in a Sentence

morning glory

noun
  • Flowers are white and will remind you of morning glory blooms.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Why are the leaves of my morning glories, marigolds and other plants turning tan, then dried and crisp?
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 5 Sep. 2017
  • This plant produces a white bloom that looks a bit like a morning glory, but from root to leaves, this plant is a no-no.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This plant produces a white bloom that looks a bit like a morning glory, but from root to leaves, this plant is a no-no.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This plant produces a white bloom that looks a bit like a morning glory, but from root to leaves, this plant is a no-no.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • Also, morning glory muffins for breakfast and tuna melts for lunch.
    — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Singsanong’s salad starts with fresh bunches of water spinach (morning glory).
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • That’s also an attempt to make our soil less attractive to field bindweed (wild morning glory).
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The adults are sometimes called morning glory moths, although this is a misleading name.
    — oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2020
  • For the record, morning glories tend to bloom a lot more in the second half of the growing season, as days start to grow shorter.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
  • Another plant that looks pleasant but can quickly get out of control is morning glory.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This piece from the 1830s is made from bone china, hand-painted with white morning glories.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This includes a small flowering vine called Thurber’s morning glory.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
  • The caterpillars feed on leaves of beech, birch, elm, maple, oak, rose and other woody plants, but haven't been observed to feed on morning glory.
    — oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Pre-order a brunch kit with spring strata, local greens salad, spelt flour morning glory bread and super seedy granola.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 May 2021
  • This dwarf morning glory flower is great for borders, containers or even as a groundcover.
    — Mary Grace Granados special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And discoveries from the glorious morning glory could lead the way.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 May 2017
  • No traffic, small patches of green space to grow sunflowers and squash and morning glories, open spaces for the kids to whoosh by on scooters.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Sweet potatoes are part of the morning glory family, while white potatoes are part of the nightshade family.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The morning glory salad at Jitlada is my go-to salad in the summer, winter, spring and fall.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • The graying wrap their knees in thick white pads, still chasing Saturday-morning glory at 70.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 June 2026
  • The aster and morning glory also represent those born in September.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The aster and morning glory also represent those born in September.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • These are the heftier relative of the morning glory with large, architectural white trumpets that seem to take all season to show up.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • Suitable for beans, morning glories and other climbing plants, these structures can be nestled over a pot and then stored away at the end of the growing season.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
  • With true blue flowers and silvery foliage, dwarf morning glory looks stunning spilling out of containers or scrambling along the garden floor.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • To change the appearance of your house yearly, plant an annual vine like morning glory, moonflower, or hyacinth bean.
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Dichondra is a small flowering plant that’s related to morning glories.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
  • True blue is a rare color in the garden, but 'Blue Daze' Evolvulus, a dwarf morning glory, offers it in spades.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 22 June 2022
  • Residents posted photographs of a girl who had been killed, grinning in front of a wall of morning glories; a crying baby with his right foot blown off; and worse.
    — Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018

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