How to Use annual in a Sentence

annual

1 of 2 adjective

• We had more snow this year than the average annual amount.
• The company's earnings for last year are published in the annual report.
• The annual meeting is in July.
• The company charges an annual fee of $45.
• Home prices have risen on an annual basis for 33 months in a row.
  — ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
• The annual amount due will go up through 2032.
  — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
• The result was a big bump in annual earnings.
  — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
• Setting sail on the big game with the cookoff, it's been an annual event for almost two decades.
  — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
• Markstrom is set to start a two-year deal with an annual cap hit of $6 million.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
• The union also sought to push up the annual salary of a starting teacher.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• On the eastern side of town, the horses have arrived for the annual horse sale.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
• This year marks the fourth annual stop in Paris for the fight promotion.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• An annual herb, basil can keep flies and mosquitos away thanks to its strong aroma.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
• Caglianone belted eight home runs in the first round of the annual tournament.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
• Inflation has climbed to the highest annual rate in three years.
  — NBC news, 17 May 2026
• In the years since, that annual income has climbed into the millions.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
• In the past five years, that annual average has jumped to 24.
  — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
• Having no annual contract is a plus for mobile use.
  — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
• Like angelonia, this tidy annual blooms nonstop from spring to fall.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
• The walls speak Since 2020, the annual we.
  — Audrey T. Williams, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
• Even at a high average annual value, the lack of years keeps mid-market teams in the mix.
  — Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
• So to me, people who are willing to drive $2 trillion annual deficits are the agents of chaos.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• The Fed aims for an annual inflation rate around 2% over the long term.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 July 2026
• The 57th annual event was also on the early side.
  — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
• The annual industry show is now in its 73rd year.
  — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• My husband, our dog and I are on our annual pilgrimage up north to see the in-laws.
  — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
• At Disneyland, two of the four tiers of annual passes will stay at the same price.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
• RedBar has their annual meetup in the days leading up to that event.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2025
• The caravan is part of the annual Run for the Wall event.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026
• If your annual drive to the beach involves more than a full day on the road, that predictability drops fast.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026

annual

2 of 2 noun

• We planted some annuals in front of the house.
• That’s where annuals come in to save the day!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
• These annuals bloom from spring through the first frost.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
• This old-timey annual is one of your best sources of true blue in the garden.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
• As will garden pinks, the next most cold-hardy annuals.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
• Here are some fast-growing annuals that thrive in shade.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
• After your annuals are spent, pull them out.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
• Most cosmos are annuals that die off when the weather gets chilly in the fall.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2026
• In the South, lobelia is grown as a spring annual.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
• That does not mean this tropical plant is a one-and-done annual.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
• Most bush basil plants are grown as annuals and replaced every spring.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2025
• Instead, it's marked as the first annual.
  — Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
• Green mulches are for annuals and brown mulches are for everything else.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2018
• Brown for perennials and trees and shrubs; green for annuals and row crops.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
• These non-stop blooming annuals come in shades of purple, pink, and white.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2026
• Both species are annuals that have long, slender leaves and hollow, erect stems.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Mar. 2026
• In other words, the flowers are kind of like annuals.
  — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
• Some plants need more space to spread out and other plants, such as herbs and annuals, can do just fine in small planters.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
• These annuals are all easy to grow from seed and can be sown directly in the garden.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, ELLE Decor, 22 Aug. 2023
• The cover these annuals provide is so thick that deer will often bed right in the plot.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2020
• The annual requires little to no care and will bloom well into fall.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Find these annuals in warm colors ranging from orange to coral to red.
  — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
• Cool-season annuals can be planted four to eight weeks before the last frost.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
• Garden centers would be thrilled to sell summer annuals this time of year.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2018
• Some perennials are sold with the intent to be grown as annuals.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
• Long-pod poppies are annuals that will reseed if the pods are left intact.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
• These annuals are easy to start from seed and readily self-seed at the end of each season.
  — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
• Plant single species or mixes of warm-season annuals about one inch deep.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 28 May 2020
• My moment Is over—the most velvet of the annuals live far less than a year.
  — Lucie Brock-Broido, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
• These vivid annuals come in gold, orange, and red hues that mimic the changing leaves in fall.
  — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026