How to Use tulip in a Sentence

tulip

noun
  • If your tulips start to droop, give the stems a fresh cut.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Is this even a working tulip farm?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Are tulips toxic to cats and dogs?
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Do tulips grow better in sun or shade?
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Plant tulips in a fenced area if deer are a problem.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Siam tulip has small leaves and pink or white bract clusters.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In its place hangs a painting of a vase with white tulips.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Red oaks, white oaks, chestnuts and tulip trees thrive there.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
  • It’s shaped like an evil tulip with jagged teeth on the outside.
    — Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Make sure to plant tulips in full sun and well-draining soil.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • When planting tulips, put the bulbs in the hole with the pointy end up.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
  • For the best flowers, buy new tulip, lily, and iris bulbs each year.
    — Kyle Johnson, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Just about every tulip bulb has a pointy end; plant the bulb with that end up.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • It was painted gray and tan, with stonework around the door and a bed of tulips.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Allow your tulips and other spring bulbs time to recharge.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2026
  • Yes, your tulips may have just started blooming, but snow is on the way.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Where to find tulips in Pella, Iowa?
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 7 May 2026
  • My grass was a bright shade of fairy tale green, the trees were budding and my tulips had bloomed.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Move over roses, hydrangeas, and tulips.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Dig up tulips once the foliage has died back, says Ollig.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The front of the card features a skull and purple tulips at the bottom.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Deep under the sea lies a creature that sort of looks like a ghostly tulip.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Or felt an overwhelming sense of joy as your tulips appeared in the spring?
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • What does the Bitcoin craze have in common with dot-coms and tulips?
    — David Rovella, Bloomberg.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • One tulip is like the next tulip, but not altogether.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • And a small bouquet of flowers, maybe dahlias and tulips on the table.
    — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Dylan found the brick house with the peach pink tulips wilting in the window.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Heck, even the old standby, the tulip, failed more than once due to lack of enough snow cover.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Also be sure to check the soil quality, as tulips don’t like clay soil.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Larger bulbs such as tulips and large daffodils tend to stay put better.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025

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