How to Use poppy in a Sentence

poppy

1 of 2 noun
  • Alpine poppies love full sun and good drainage.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But dirt paths lead along the base of the hills where the poppies massed.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a new best showing for the poppy cut.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The reds are like the red poppies that wrap around hillsides.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • At its center is the laying of wreaths made of bright red poppies.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Extracts of the poppy plant have long been a source of trouble.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The shift away from poppies means more sheep and more vegetables.
    — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2020
  • And no wildflowers are more ill-equipped than poppies.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Himalayan blue poppy is one of the marvels of the plant world.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • The poppy used in England has two petals, a leaf and a black centre.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The voices are just a low hum, like the bees in false yucca or poppy mallow.
    — Karl Kirchwey, The New York Review of Books, 13 Nov. 2025
  • There was more light, there was color, there was vibrant…like the poppy-red dress on the cliff walk.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
  • And a corps of hallucinogenic poppies that whirl around the stage.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Sadly, park rangers are expecting poppies to be scarce this year.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Aromas of lemon peel citrus zest and yellow poppy.
    — Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Pinned to her coat was a crimson poppy pin, a symbol of remembrance.
    — Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 11 Nov. 2018
  • This poppy, edgy fusion of imagery and sound creates a unique world pulsing at the seams.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • Long-pod poppies are annuals that will reseed if the pods are left intact.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The simple, dark dress seemed to have been chose in part to show off the red poppy of remembrance that was pinned to it.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 27 Oct. 2018
  • Rattlesnakes are known to hide among dense vegetation, in this case the poppies.
    — Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But just like your favourite poppy-red crewneck jumper, these nail looks are timeless and a little flirty.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Harry wore a navy suit with an array of his military medals on the lapel below his poppy.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
  • There were Disneyland-size crowds wanting to see the poppies.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The Water Lilies, the haystacks, the bridges, the cathedrals, the poppies.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Their cover photo on X was also changed to a field of red poppies in a poignant tribute.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • If your garden is anything like mine, your poppies have petered out and your sages are subsiding.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Bold shades of poppy and larkspur are featured in denim and recycled leather sets.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Quick, hail the Maester and tell him to bring some milk of the poppy, there’s a plague in Westeros.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 19 July 2021
  • The linens are adorned with seasonal summer prints, such as wild poppies and garden motifs.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019
  • Deserts and hills in parts of the state are expected to be covered in bursts of orange and yellow poppies this spring.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023

poppy

2 of 2 adjective
  • The poppy project has only spent four frames as a vinyl bestseller.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The couple matched in green jackets, both adorned with a red poppy pin.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Others shouted out glazed lemon bars and lemon poppy muffins.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Others shouted out glazed lemon bars and lemon poppy muffins.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Wicked‘s second act takes a darker turn from the bright poppy moments in the first act.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Speaking of moments, there’s that very last moment in the poppy field.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
  • This mini version comes with a matching pen and this poppy red hue will be easy to spot in their totes.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Grab it in solid neutrals or poppy prints that will make a statement this season.
    — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But this season to see her in these poppy flowers and to see her in the Newport whites.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
  • One print is a poppy design that resembles animal print that dates back decades.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Make Believe is poppy, maybe a bit to a fault, and open, maybe a bit to a fault, but also a little angsty.
    — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 1 June 2023
  • Summer trips call for pops of color, and this poppy red shift dress from Madewell delivers.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026
  • One of the most common types, poppy apricots ripen early in the season and are larger with yellow or orange flesh.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • Stewart styled the sneakers with matching poppy red straight-leg pants and a cream jacket with a yellow graphic design.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Standout features are the pea green kitchen cabinets and the wooden wraparound deck with poppy blue seating.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
  • White jeans offer much more leeway to play with poppy seasonal colors or rich textures, like raffia, suede, and leather.
    — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 8 July 2026
  • Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers.
    — Grant Peck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2023
  • At Fairmont Bagel, dig into its original poppy-seed bagel.
    — Megan Wallitsch, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Some royal observers also noted that Kate’s poppy pin differed from the Queen’s.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Her original poppy garden reseeded and spread down the river and over much of Old Town.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This poppy red trench is the kind of summer statement piece that’s worth the investment, especially with this discount.
    — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 18 June 2026
  • Wooden shutters in cornflower blue and poppy red echoed the colors of the region’s wildflowers.
    — Lorna Parkes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • On the holiday, scores of protesters wearing poppy pins marched across London calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
    — Anna Furman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2024
  • That poppy project produced a number of hits for the former One Direction singer and fans continue to love it to this day.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The large plots of land where her family once grew plentiful wheat, and occasionally poppy for opium, have long since gone barren.
    — Lynsey Addario Victoria Kim, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The skirt of the dress was completely covered in three-dimensional, red poppy flowers that bloomed outward to mimic real petals.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The skirt of the dress was completely covered in three-dimensional, red poppy flowers that bloomed outward to mimic real petals.
    — Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There are several gorgeous prints to choose from, including midnight poppy, tropical leaf, and shoreline stripe.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
  • While poppy season has largely come to a close, Southern California is still awash in a rainbow of florals.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • Authorities said the Andersons sold a variety of poppy pods that contained high amounts of morphine.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2023

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