Examples of pollinate in a Sentence
The plants are pollinated by bees.
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The activity of pollinators also slows down in high humidity; bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects don’t move much when the air feels like a sauna.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
The bees have been helping to pollinate the plants in the facility’s fruit and vegetable garden which has contributed to the more than 400 pounds of produce donated to a food bank in Franklin since August.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the plants pollinated by animals were related to subtropical palms, silk-cotton trees and other plants that typically grow in dry tropical climates.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
That, and the bees—who, the movie informs us, pollinate one-third of the world’s food supply—are dying.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
The bees have been helping to pollinate the plants in the facility’s fruit and vegetable garden which has contributed to the more than 400 pounds of produce donated to a food bank in Franklin since August.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the plants pollinated by animals were related to subtropical palms, silk-cotton trees and other plants that typically grow in dry tropical climates.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
That, and the bees—who, the movie informs us, pollinate one-third of the world’s food supply—are dying.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pollinate
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“Pollinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollinate. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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