How to Use garland in a Sentence

garland

1 of 2 noun

• They placed a garland of flowers around her neck.
• The root word lei is the same name for the garland of flowers worn around the neck.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
• This faux fur garland will add a unique touch to any tree.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 5 Dec. 2022
• The garland of roses that will be draped across the winner.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 May 2022
• Hang the garland to announce that the party starts here.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
• String beads and felt poms to create a simple and sweet garland.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2022
• Poke stick arms into the sides of the middle pumpkin and drape a scarf of fall garland around the base of the top pumpkin.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
• Help your kids cut out purr-fect black cat faces for a glowing garland.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
• The bride wears a garland of pink-and-white blossoms and a short white dress with spaghetti straps and a flaring skirt.
  — Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
• That the history of the song is nearly as rich — full of promise and longing and loss — is the garland on the tree.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• The aroma and look of the garland will have your house looking like spring before the warmth even arrives.
  — Town & Country, 26 Feb. 2023
• The vine was only a few months away from reaching the top and winding along the wires like a Christmas garland.
  — Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
• Set up time for a craft-ernoon with the kids to create a blue-speckled egg garland.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 7 Apr. 2023
• The winner of the Derby gets a garland of roses, so why not wear a headpiece that serves as one of your own?
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 3 Jan. 2023
• Looking forward to using this garland in the fall wreaths for our front doors.
  — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 2 Sep. 2023
• Thread twine through each hole, evenly spacing the oranges on the garland.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 3 Dec. 2022
• The garland of roses is about all that’s eluded him in a 36-year career as a trainer.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
• Valentine’s Day garland hung on the opposite wall, and pink and red hearts were placed throughout the home.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2022
• Make this garland in warm autumn shades by crafting pom-poms from yarn.
  — Shelby Deering, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• These giant versions are just the right size to make festive garland.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
• This set comes with 90 chain links and 30 paper tassels to use as a garland for the stairwell or mantel.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
• Thin apple slices make the cream cheese tree look 3D while the red and green pestos become garland and ornaments.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
• One wall is devoted to flowers, some in the form of a mural, others as a garland strung across the top of the painting.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Then glue them together and hang them from your garland.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
• Learn how to recreate this garland at Design Love Fest.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
• Sprinkle on a few ornaments and garland, and you're done!
  — Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 29 Nov. 2022
• This three-piece, pre-strung garland set makes decorating quick and effortless.
  — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
• Christmas garlands, high heels, and even craft supplies have all found a home in the spacious cavity.
  — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
• Don’t include wreaths or garlands, which contain metal wire that could damage the shredding machinery.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
• The upper deck is piled high with some that are strung together like popcorn garlands drying in the sun.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026

garland

2 of 2 verb

• The first two books are now rightly famous, garlanded with a Booker each.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020
• This 90-piece set comes with an assortment of shapes and sizes that will give any tree, wreath, or garland more dimension.
  — Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
• What matters to Celtic and Rangers, at all times, is winning — to garland their own reputation and to dent that of their rival.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
• Keep evergreens cool Try to place outdoor wreaths, swags, or garland out of direct sunlight, which tends to dry them out faster.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 31 Oct. 2019
• Over her shoulder, through the window, was a palm tree in front of a car wash, next to a fast-food place—all of it garlanded with crisscrossing electrical wires.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• In this effort, citizens were more likely to garland him with roses rather than drench him in cold water.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• An Arab wedding convoy rode past, horns blaring, cars garlanded with pink and red roses.
  — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• An Arab wedding convoy rode past, horns blaring, cars garlanded with pink and red roses.
  — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
• Squiggles of Nutella complete one option, also garlanded with fruit, known as the Triple.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• Young men sped past on motorcycles garlanded with leaves.
  — Liam Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
• In the Hawaiian tradition, everyone wore colorful clothes and were garlanded with leis.
  — Paul Theroux, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
• The crowd of thousands, led by local clerics, garlanded Mayar and other freed defendants with roses, then marched through the city with boisterous chants and banners that called for the sentences to be overturned and those convicted to be freed.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
• Wreaths Across America, the nonprofit that garlands the graves of American service members during the holiday season, is looking for a few good donations.
  — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Oct. 2017
• Modi said in his address Thursday, speaking in front of a billowing, oversize Indian flag on a podium garlanded with jasmine flowers.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• Currently, garlanded with his new 40 points, the longshot placer sits 17th in the Derby standings, but next weekend’s three big hundred-point preps seem to assure that other higher-earning horses will be shouldering on up into the top twenty.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Attach to the mantle, tree, or garland with the tails of the string.
  — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
• But one of the building’s façades is still a temporary wall, lacking the elaborate statues and adornments that will one day garland it.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025