How to Use overwinter in a Sentence

overwinter

1 of 2 verb

• The geese will overwinter in a warmer climate.
• Once maple leaves fall, spores from the spots can overwinter in the soil.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• This greenhouse can be used to overwinter plants, grow new ones, or for seedlings.
  — Stacy Tornio, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
• Not to mention the dead deer that had overwintered in the swimming pool.
  — ELLE Decor, 26 June 2023
• Adults overwinter in leaf litter and emerge in spring to devour prey.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• These spring adults arise from pupae that overwintered in plant debris or in soil.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
• The eggs also can overwinter and hatch in spring, says Khan.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
• Slugs also may overwinter in the leaves, emerging in spring to feast on new growth.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
• This is a great way to overwinter your favorite herbs if your pots are too big to bring indoors.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
• Fungal spores can overwinter on canes and dead leaves and then rain can spread spores to healthy tissues.
  — oregonlive, 14 May 2022
• Be sure to get the root of the weed and work slowly to avoid spreading weed seeds that can overwinter in the soil.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
• White grubs and chinch bugs will overwinter in the soil and thatch only to emerge with a huge appetite in the spring.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
• Spring leeks are dirty at heart, filled with more soil than other leeks because they’ve been overwintered in the field.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 26 May 2017
• At the end of the season, clean up leaf debris to make sure diseases and pests don’t overwinter.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 7 Apr. 2023
• Ant colonies start to grow, and spiders come out of their overwintering sites to start hunting.
  — Kody Boye, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
• That means overwintering bugs lose their shelter, and buckthorn gets even more space to grow.
  — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
• These fungal diseases can overwinter as spores and wreak havoc next spring.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
• Here are some resources that give different ways to overwinter plants.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2021
• Each year, rake away debris from the base of the plant to help get rid of overwintering pests and apply fresh mulch.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
• The pathogen can overwinter in infected canes, roots and leaf debris.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
• Cleaning out the weeds as much as possible helps get rid of overwintering pests.
  — Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
• This will reduce the number of snails and other pests that overwinter nearby and feed on your plants in spring.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
• Cut back plants that overwintered in the garden, trimming them to about six inches in early spring.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
• Many pollinators overwinter in the dead stems and leaves as eggs, pupae or adults.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2020
• Pot up your pepper plants and bring them indoors with these tips for overwintering your peppers.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2025
• Hot pepper plants are the most suitable for overwintering indoors due to their small size.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
• To protect them from frost damage outside of these zones, dig them up and overwinter them indoors.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
• Few hives overwinter in Alaska due to the cold, but some people keep bees in their basements.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2019
• Or keeping bundles of hollow stems tucked around so that insects can overwinter or lay their eggs in the pithy stems.
  — Janet Draper, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
• The daylilies are hardy plants that have overwintered in a club garden in Wisconsin.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023

overwinter

2 of 2 adjective

• These buds overwinter on the branches, then bloom in the spring.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
• In fact, some flocks overwinter as far north as Canada.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
• To overwinter mums, they should be cut back to 3 inches tall and brought to a cool, dark place indoors.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
• In higher zones, bulbs overwinter in the ground with a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
• Insects and their brethren use that leaf litter as cover and habitat to help them overwinter.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
• These flower buds overwinter on the shoots and open the following spring or summer.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
• The flower buds on these species develop in late summer and fall, then overwinter on the stems and branches.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
• Leaves can be infected with fungus and other pathogens that overwinter.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
• In cold regions, grow it in a container and overwinter it in a frost-free location.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
• Rust spores overwinter in leaf debris and infect new foliage in spring with as little as two to four hours of moisture.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
• Plants will not successfully overwinter in heavy or poorly drained soil.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
• Kale also may surprise you and overwinter—that is, survive winter to appear again next spring!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2023
• The eggs, which are minuscule, overwinter and hatch in spring when temperatures warm up.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
• Dandelions are perennial weeds that overwinter and grow back year after year.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026
• This means that adult ticks overwinter under the snowpack before emerging in the spring to reproduce.
  — Allison Gollenberg, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
• Wait until spring to clean up garden beds, since pollinators overwinter in old leaf litter.
  — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 20 July 2026
• On the other hand, leafcutter bees overwinter as larvae.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
• These adult bees then overwinter solo inside cavities, such as the nesting holes, then emerge again next spring to start the cycle all over.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
• The hot, dry conditions that lead to big wildfire seasons also support overwinter fires.
  — Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 28 June 2023
• For example, lacewings are important predators of pest insects and overwinter in leaf and debris piles.
  — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
• For example, bumble bee queens, firefly larvae, and some species of lady beetles and wasps overwinter in leaf litter.
  — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
• They overwinter in the caterpillar stage by hibernating in leaf litter.
  — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
• Many beneficial insects and pollinators overwinter or lay eggs in leaf litter to emerge next year.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2025
• Under the right conditions, blanket flowers overwinter in the garden with little care.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
• Many solitary bees, moths, and other pollinators overwinter in old leaf litter or in the hollow stems of perennial plants.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
• In Zone 9 and above, overwinter peppers outdoors with protection if needed.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
• Many species of insects, including pollinators, overwinter as eggs, larvae or pupae in leaf litter or within plant stems.
  — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
• Abelia plants installed in the ground require little care beyond mulch and adequate soil moisture to successfully overwinter.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
• Hot pepper varieties that stay small and do well in pots tend to be the easiest peppers to overwinter indoors, while larger bell pepper plants tend to struggle in containers.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
• The simplest of these is to grow figs in containers—to which 'Little Miss Figgy' is well suited—and overwinter the plants indoors.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025