How do you use Grapevine in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pipeline or gossip, plus the exact meaning.
Grapevine meaning
- The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
- An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
- A rumor.
Using Grapevine
- The main meaning on this page is: The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. | An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip. | A rumor.
- Useful related words include: pipeline, word of mouth, gossip, comment.
- In the example corpus, grapevine often appears in combinations such as: the grapevine, reykjavik grapevine, grapevine privacy.
Context around Grapevine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grapevine
- In this selection, "grapevine" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grace, 2023, august, police, high and executive stand out and add context to how "grapevine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the grapevine after all and campus at grapevine high school. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grapevine" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and adm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grapevine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Angelico hitched a grapevine leglock on Cassidy, while Serpentico stretched Danhausen on the outside. (14 words)
It’s print day at the Grapevine, after all, and I want some rest. (14 words)
The Santa Fe art collective Meow Wolf orchestrates a mind-bending experience in Grapevine. (14 words)
Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War,” has died. (44 words)
Though a handful of Grapevine staffers were along for the tour, the journey to the geothermal exhibition that day was born out of my father’s interest in touring the plant as part of a larger Golden Circle tour. (39 words)
The Grapevine makes it possible to recount the story of Icelandic music in the 21st century, a story that might otherwise be almost entirely lost to vanished MySpace pages and forgotten WordPress renewals. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Grapevine Police are investigating students accused of having a gun on campus at Grapevine High School.
Grace Grapevine Executive Director Shonda Schaefer surveys fire damage at the nonprofit's medical clinic in Grapevine.
Angelico hitched a grapevine leglock on Cassidy, while Serpentico stretched Danhausen on the outside.
Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War,” has died.
It’s print day at the Grapevine, after all, and I want some rest.
Neither the Justice Minister nor a spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice responded to the Grapevine’s repeated request for comment.
The brilliant annual festival of visual theatre, dance, circus and puppetry opens with Through the Grapevine, a piece involving two dancer-acrobats balancing their bodies in endlessly inventive formations.
The Grapevine makes it possible to recount the story of Icelandic music in the 21st century, a story that might otherwise be almost entirely lost to vanished MySpace pages and forgotten WordPress renewals.
The Reykjavík Grapevine has spoken with a resident of Grindavík who is currently packing up their belongings to store in the capital.
The Santa Fe art collective Meow Wolf orchestrates a mind-bending experience in Grapevine.
The second notable feature of the 2023 Grapevine Music Awards is that we are sadly handing out our first posthumous award.
Another advantage to mid-August grapevine hunting: It’s easier to spot, and avoid, mature poison ivy than when the plants are smaller.
Experts say a grapevine can generally survive temperatures of -20 C and above while anything colder can pose a problem.
However, the longtime Grapevine, Texas resident has proved many times that his art doesn’t neatly fit into a box.
If you are growing your grapevine on a trellis, start by spacing the remaining clusters about 8 to 10 inches apart.
On Wednesday night, they sang “Trouble Maker,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” and their newest, “Spaceman” by The Killers.
Revisit the Grapevine’s from previous weeks and check out our for all the sounds we’ve been enjoying this year.
The band’s most famous single, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” helped it sell millions of copies of their music worldwide.
Though a handful of Grapevine staffers were along for the tour, the journey to the geothermal exhibition that day was born out of my father’s interest in touring the plant as part of a larger Golden Circle tour.
Wonderful Co. in Wasco, Calif., is the largest grapevine nursery in the United States and the center of a dispute over unionization.
Common combinations with grapevine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the grapevine 45×
- reykjavik grapevine 11×
- grapevine privacy 11×
- in grapevine 7×
- grapevine that 6×
- grapevine texas 5×
- grapevine is 4×
- grapevine had 3×
- grapevine and 3×
- grapevine has 3×