How to Use cornstalk in a Sentence

cornstalk

noun

• There were a lot of pumpkins and cornstalks, but not much else.
  — Brady MacDonald, latimes.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• Add in planters with fall foliage or cornstalks to flank your front door and add a harvest feel.
  — Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024
• All around her in the hallowed clearing, green shoots of new cornstalks broke through the straw.
  — Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post, 16 July 2017
• People stood in a field of cornstalks, the eastern horizon a pale pink with the coming of dawn.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2017
• Then came the iconic cornstalk fence by which everyone now knows that building.
  — NOLA.com, 21 June 2017
• See what the sun looks like setting behind redwoods or rising above cornstalks.
  — Emily Zemler, Esquire, 14 Oct. 2016
• Customers work their way through the puzzle that is cut into higher-than-your-head cornstalks.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 June 2017
• There’s the crawling vines of the beans, the cover crop of the squash grown below, and the shade being produced by the cornstalks.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
• Sturdy cornstalks support the pole beans, while squash grows freely on the ground below, shading out competing weeds.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2017
• Justin Jordan strolls through his field of stunted cornstalks in Lacona, Iowa.
  — Bill Weir, CNN, 8 Aug. 2019
• Kids can also enjoy pumpkin bounce pads, travel through a cornstalk tunnel and meet cute farm animals.
  — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2025
• With hay, cornstalks, and a smattering of pumpkins, this porch from Sugar and Charm proves that more is more.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 11 Aug. 2023
• Monsters and clowns hide among acres of moonlit cornstalks, waiting to scare as passersby attempt to navigate their way out.
  — Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
• Peering through the cornstalks, the teenager, Megan Rios, would never forget the sight.
  — Meagan Flynn, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• In the summer, lush green pastures and 6-foot cornstalks hug the highway like veins funneling blood through the region.
  — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• But over the crest of the next hill, cornstalks wither along the trail, and the valley below is carpeted with grass where the land has been cleared for cattle ranching.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 26 Apr. 2018
• This siren’s song arises from the murmur of doves on an Arizona stock tank and the rattle of Indiana cornstalks.
  — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
• Waterproof, the Brush Tuff material stands up to cut cornstalks trying to stab your shins.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2020
• At the time, it was envisioned that renewable fuels would eventually be made from waste products—cornstalks, say, or wood chips.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• Navigate your way through acres of cornstalks and create lasting lasting memories with this iconic country star!
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• But too often in Krasinski’s movie, the human characters are rustling the cornstalks or knocking over this or that, and nothing comes of it.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• An assortment of cornstalks and pumpkins play up the seasonality.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 11 Aug. 2023
• The solitary elder gives his body to fertilize the cornstalk that will eventually replenish the village.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
• Sturdy cornstalks function as a natural support for climbing pole beans, which in turn improve the growth of corn by contributing nitrogen to the soil.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
• Pick your own pumpkin from its pop-up patch and decorate with supplies provided, grab a mug of soup or chili, or take a festive photo, complete with leaves, pumpkins and cornstalks.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• In addition to pumpkins, other fall decorations like solid color mums, tri-color mums, cornstalks and straw are also available to buy.
  — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
• Volunteer labor, including students and Boy Scouts, cleared the field of remaining rocks and cornstalks.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 24 Aug. 2025
• Nicolas Bartolo turned off Highway 51 at the town of Tlapehuala and headed south on a dirt road through fields of dead cornstalks.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2017
• Zucchini vines may even use cornstalks as natural support, eliminating the need for extra trellising.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2026
• Crepe paper was also a popular material for decorations and used to create colorful streamers, life-size cornstalks, wall artwork and more.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024