How to Use lawn in a Sentence

lawn

noun
  • Place it on the front porch, in the foyer, or on the front lawn.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The man dropped the duffle bag of candy on a tree lawn.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The audience will watch via video screens from the lawn at the foot of the building.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The home, which had a for-sale sign on its lawn, belonged to the parents of Lars Egedal.
    Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • One house even had a machine on the lawn that spewed out fake snow, which was so cool!
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Movies show every Monday evening—the lawn opens at 5pm and the movie starts at 8pm.
    Felice León, Essence, 15 June 2023
  • The care of lawns and gardens is a sort of civic religion.
    Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The wooded grounds include a stream, a lawn and a swimming pool.
    Lauren Beale, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Then in 2011, Krause’s wife, Stephanie, asked him to clean the their moldy lawn furniture.
    Kevin Sanchez Farez, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Among the detritus cleared from gutters and lawns are the future of the state’s forests.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Babies will do full-on splits and planks to avoid contact with a spiky lawn.
    Maressa Brown, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The sprawling lawns and hilly paths of this Manhattan icon weave a labyrinth that'd be easy to get lost in.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The house overlooks a creek, and large metal farm animals are pinned to the lawn.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Set the mower up to its highest setting to mulch leaves into the lawn.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
  • That includes the private beach — used by the few surrounding homes as well — right off the lawn.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Once again, Bautista started by digging up the first inch of Bermuda grass in the front yard by hand and then sheet mulched the lawn.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Yet the nitwits across the street, who clutter their lawn with Christmas blow-up dolls, have won the contest four years in a row.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The local event is scheduled to run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. that day and take place on the lawn behind Village Hall.
    Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • Not twigs, mind you, but big, heavy limbs that would fall straight down with a thunk and a shoosh of dead leaves onto my front lawn.
    Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In the courtyard lies a lawn, patios and a glimmering pool.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Leave your home with the comfort of knowing the lawn and landscaping will be tended to.
    Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Fathers’ Day at the Beer Hall on June 18 includes cold brews, live music, and lawn games.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • Each room overlooks the back lawn, and there are two private terraces, one off the bedroom and the other off the bathroom.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The egg hunt on the hotel event lawn is available for hotel and restaurant guests only.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In June and July, grubs in the soil of lawns turn into adult beetles that start feeding on foliage.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • Dollarhide recalled the pristine lawns of Scotia in its prime.
    Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The loggia looks over the swimming pool, beyond which a tree-shaded lawn rolls down to the estate’s 300 feet of river frontage.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Just 24 hours earlier, bringing a crowd in the dark of night to a wide lawn with woods on one side would have been unthinkable.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • On average, lawns should be watered around once a week.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Inside, there were bodies arrayed on a green, lush lawn.
    Baz Ratner, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023

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