How to Use honeysuckle in a Sentence

honeysuckle

noun
Definition of honeysucklenext
  • The spicy, salty scent from the marsh and the breeze off the bay drench the spot like honeysuckle on a warm southern night.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
  • In summer, the air is warm with honeysuckle, the vales flushed with green.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Set a stand or make a blind on the fringe of a pine, cedar, or honeysuckle thicket.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2019
  • In the spring the honeysuckle would bloom with white flowers.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • These beans have notes of white peach and honeysuckle in each cup.
    — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The busy feeders in the rear of our yard are about 10 feet from a medium-sized white cedar tree, well used, and a honeysuckle thicket.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • The whiskey was bottled at 105.8 proof, and has notes of honeysuckle, gingerbread, allspice, and of course maple on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
  • This Sauv Blanc – with honeysuckle on the nose - is nicely balanced with bright fresh fruit.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 July 2022
  • The main shrub there has flowers that remind me of honeysuckle.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 31 May 2018
  • There are also quite a few daylilies, three types of honeysuckle vine, a climbing rose, a bush rose and a rugosa rose.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2022
  • But in the Amur River valley region, where the honeysuckle evolved, day length is about 8.5 hours.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Notes of orange peel, lemon cream, honeysuckle and a hint of pineapple.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • There are many types of honeysuckle out there in the world, and your description would fit several of them.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2022
  • But when done right, as here by Gundlach Bundschu, the grape yields a tightly knit wine with hints of litchi and a scent of jasmine and honeysuckle.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • Crouch says the goats will chew on honeysuckle and weeds that are keeping native plants from growing.
    — Ashley Smith, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
  • When the candles touch, a union is formed, and the candles are bound with honeysuckle vine to ensure a sweet partnership.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Open their Brut Rosé to elevate the evening with its flavors and aromas of peach, rose, and honeysuckle.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Viognier adds some jasmine and honeysuckle to the chenin’s apple and pear.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The ginger and lemongrass from the nose sweep back in, and are joined by a fistful of honeysuckle and the suggestion of almond blossom.
    — Brian Freedman, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Birds eat the honeysuckle berries, defecate them elsewhere, and the seeds spread to new locations.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 11 June 2023
  • After winter has passed, plant a box honeysuckle in part to full sun in your garden.
    — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The 2022 is pale straw colored and has aromas of white peach, citrus flowers, and honeysuckle.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
  • There were silty gold bottles of medovukha, a cheap kind of mead that tasted like old bread and nectar from honeysuckle blossoms.
    — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Just like some people think cilantro tastes like soap, some can't stand wines that have notes of honeysuckle or minerals.
    — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Along with the buckthorn, the land also was home to the invasive honeysuckle, garbage and rock piles, officials said.
    — Susan Demar Lafferty, Daily Southtown, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Winter honeysuckle is not a vine, but a big shrub that is best planted in an out-of-the way spot, but close enough to notice when the small, white fragrant flowers emerge.
    — Nancy Brachey, ajc, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Invite some friends, set up a few chairs, uncork the honeysuckle wine and dig out some oversize vases.
    — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2019
  • There is a fence covered in honeysuckle at an old house in our neighborhood.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The dress, in a shade of plum purple, featured an array of flowers including tulips, daffodils and honeysuckle.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The fluffiness of the marshmallow, combined with the sweetness of honeysuckle and vanilla, gives the fragrance a playful element.
    — Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2024

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