How to Use nursery in a Sentence

nursery

noun
  • She still needs to decorate the nursery before the baby comes.
  • We get our flowers from a local nursery.
  • And in that time, the heater in the nursery caught fire.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The new nursery was built across the street from the old business.
    — Nathan Solisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Once hatched, the shark joins the other sharks in the nursery.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The nursery will wrap the plant roots in plastic so the roots don’t dry out.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The secondary approach of the grant is the creation of the nursery.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Divers collect the squares and bring the urchins to an on-land nursery to grow.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The nursery will wrap the plant roots in plastic, so the roots don’t dry out.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The nursery is open and the gardens are greened up and starting to bloom.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2022
  • For now, nursery workers just have to keep the plants alive.
    — Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The full nursery is available to shop on Crate & Kids now!
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 24 July 2024
  • In the wide, flat expanse of the nursery, the firs were rimmed by fallow land on all sides.
    — Lauren Markham, Wired, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The back office can be used as a nursery, glam room, or even a gym.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2023
  • How to plant a bare-root plant: The nursery will wrap the plant roots in plastic so the roots don’t dry out.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Think of it a nursery, more of a safe space, for these female bull sharks.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2024
  • The cloud shape is a sweet addition to any nursery decor, too.
    — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Picking the cutest among them is like picking the cutest baby in the nursery.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2022
  • And my 2-year-old son’s nursery was doubling as a guest room.
    — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
  • Last week, Kate went on a fact-finding trip to a nursery to highlight the work done there.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • At the nursery, you are bound to be tempted by more roses.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Tell nursery rhymes and have the child say which words rhyme or come up with other words that rhyme.
    — Abigail A. Allen, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
  • Have your dog practice cues to go behind the gate, to her mat, and in and out of the nursery, says Novack.
    — Hannah Harper, Health.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Baby sea turtles love the stuff and use the large mats as a kind of floating nursery.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In the spring, visit their nursery to get your garden right.
    — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • As any parent will tell you, blackout shades are one of the best nursery ideas.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
  • Over 1,000 trees were grown at a nursery in Italy to be used throughout the six hectare landscape.
    — Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • For now, the Milky Way is a spiral, with arms that are the main nurseries for stars (and therefore planets).
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Raza collected more than 300 seedlings from various nurseries, representing the plants and trees growing in the park.
    — Shivani Vora, New York Times, 7 May 2025
  • Types of Watermelons to Grow from Seed Growing watermelons from seed is the only way to get your hands on difficult-to-find varieties that aren’t sold in nurseries.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025

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