Foliage is an English word with synonyms like leaf or foliation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Foliage in a sentence
Foliage meaning
- The leaves of plants.
- Fall foliage.
- An architectural ornament representing foliage.
Using Foliage
- The main meaning on this page is: The leaves of plants. | Fall foliage. | An architectural ornament representing foliage.
- Useful related words include: leaf, leafage, plant organ, foliation.
- In the example corpus, foliage often appears in combinations such as: foliage and, the foliage, fall foliage.
Context around Foliage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foliage
- In this selection, "foliage" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, green, peak, fall, ramp, occurs and considered stand out and add context to how "foliage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition of foliage including for and animals and foliage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foliage" sits close to words such as ambush, becker and buckets, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foliage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alternatively, plants with foliage considered fragrant might actually repel insects. (10 words)
Fernlike sage-green foliage similar to Dawn redwood, minimal leaf litter. (11 words)
Common cardinal flower has rich cardinal red bloom and bright green foliage. (12 words)
Dayes and his older brothers would peer from its open-plan and adjustable walls out of big windows on to thick, green foliage at the top of One Tree Hill, a patch of woodland where, he says, “You wouldn’t think you’re in the heart of Lewisham. (48 words)
Spera found a strong correlation between a warmer fall and the delayed arrival of peak foliage at Acadia, a trend that she said is likely to apply across Maine even though peak foliage occurs at different times in different regions. (40 words)
This cultivar has deciduous foliage which dies back in autumn and can be cut back any time after that, but be sure to cut the leafy stems to the ground before new foliage and flowers begin to emerge in springtime. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Spera found a strong correlation between a warmer fall and the delayed arrival of peak foliage at Acadia, a trend that she said is likely to apply across Maine even though peak foliage occurs at different times in different regions.
This cultivar has deciduous foliage which dies back in autumn and can be cut back any time after that, but be sure to cut the leafy stems to the ground before new foliage and flowers begin to emerge in springtime.
Being the main supplier of foliage for the exhibit, Criswick’s contribution to this year’s event was the addition of foliage including for the first time the introduction of yucca plants.
Foliage ramp A foliage ramp is formed by planting resilient species of hardy plants such as grasses over a well formed sediment ramp.
A goat of the "Buena Cabra" (Good Goat) project, an initiative that relies on goats to control dry pastures and other vegetation that fuel forest fires in the summer, nibbles on foliage in Santa Juana, Chile, on May 5, 2023.
Also there, once again, is Marilyn Rutledge, who is well known in the district for her felted creations and her use of native foliage to eco print clothing, bags and books.
Alternatively, plants with foliage considered fragrant might actually repel insects.
Butter Wakefield, the award-winning garden designer, whose flower and foliage decorations can be seen on her Instagram account, says: 'I am a fan of bringing greenery into the home.
Common cardinal flower has rich cardinal red bloom and bright green foliage.
Dayes and his older brothers would peer from its open-plan and adjustable walls out of big windows on to thick, green foliage at the top of One Tree Hill, a patch of woodland where, he says, “You wouldn’t think you’re in the heart of Lewisham.
Especially if you explore some fall foliage while you're at it, too.
Fernlike sage-green foliage similar to Dawn redwood, minimal leaf litter.
For others, they want the fall weather; hoodies, jeans, pumpkin spice, fall foliage and fall events.
His design focused on nature, with the exterior of the car featuring different types of animals and foliage.
I didn’t really give it the best chance seeing as my garden is bordered by hedges instead of trees, and it’s perched low down and without surrounding foliage.
If you’re lucky, it’ll be a calm day, with the water mirroring foliage on the other side.
I got out at sunrise to get some footage of the bridge during foliage season.
Instead, it was a type of camouflage burlap used by hunters to disguise themselves among foliage.
In the spring, spores blow or splash up onto newly emerging rose foliage and can germinate with conditions of as little as two to four hours of moisture.
Many varieties are hardy and flower from late spring to summer, with evergreen foliage that is usually silver-grey or green-grey depending on the time of year.
Common combinations with foliage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- foliage and 37×
- the foliage 25×
- fall foliage 23×
- and foliage 14×
- green foliage 12×
- foliage of 8×
- foliage in 7×
- of foliage 6×
- foliage season 6×
- foliage is 6×