How to Use vegetation in a Sentence

vegetation

noun
  • This area with all the vegetation would go up in flames in a minute.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The area has deep ravines and dense vegetation.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Voles like tall vegetation, so keep lawns short, and clean up brush and leaf piles.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • For birds that can nest in vegetation, this is a lovely time of year.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Parts of it are so dry the ground is sharp and craggy, with no vegetation.
    — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Shacks are perched on cliffs with little vegetation to hold soil in place.
    — Mark Stevenson and Julie Watson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The fish tend to live in slow-moving streams or ponds with thick vegetation.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • Clear all vegetation from a five-foot buffer zone around the house.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Along the banks and in the ditch, there was a heavy growth of algae and vegetation.
    — Arcelia Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Trim vegetation away from the home.
    — Janay Reece, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The droughts will lead to wildfires, killing more vegetation and crops.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022
  • The forward rate of spread of the vegetation fire has been stopped at 1 acre.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
  • That goes for the flowers and vegetation as well.
    — Hali Smith may 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2026
  • Using a tractor and rakes, crews move it from the beach to the line of vegetation.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • In parched forests, brush and grasslands, dry vegetation has been primed to burn, and has gone up in flames.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2021
  • The best time to see the village is summer -- when vegetation is in full bloom.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Surface fires begin above the ground and burn dry vegetation such as leaves and grass.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Shrubs are planted at least five feet from homes and vegetation beyond that is kept sparse.
    — Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Due to the dense vegetation, the air is much fresher and cooler here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
  • Young slugs may feed on only the surface of vegetation, not all the way through the leaves.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Make noise near streams, dense vegetation and blind corners.
    — Nic Uff, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • The project will shore up banks and restore native vegetation along the creek.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Many used hoses to water down dry vegetation.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • Many used hoses to water down dry vegetation.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • That can cause green iguanas to fall from trees or other vegetation.
    — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • For hundreds of feet up and out, the vegetation had been destroyed.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But on a grassland, the sparse vegetation might let more photons in.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Welding work can set off sparks that quickly catch in dry vegetation.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • At the time, Earth was hot and humid, with lush vegetation and forests.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The goats were brought in to help expose the heavier, woody vegetation.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 17 June 2021

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