Peonies is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Peonies meaning
plural of peony
Using Peonies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of peony
- In the example corpus, peonies often appears in combinations such as: peonies and, peonies are, of peonies.
Context around Peonies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peonies
- In this selection, "peonies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, roses, expensive, intersectional, earlier, irises and say stand out and add context to how "peonies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include account that peonies make her and and tree peonies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peonies" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peonies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Roses, peonies and foxgloves also will be in the arrangements. (10 words)
The roots of peonies are used as traditional medicine in China. (11 words)
Chrysanthemums, peonies, irises, and hydrangeas are some plants that can be poisonous. (12 words)
Amongst hand-painted titanium orchids that looked as if they should be soft to the touch, and gem-encrusted peonies, was a magnificent tulip brooch made from an enormous, tubular pearl believed to be from a giant clam, and another for the tulip bud. (44 words)
Notably, David’s brother, Greg, runs a growing operation just next door, which was also started by Jos, and is a major supplier to Van Berkel’s Distributors, specialising in Dahlias, Bearded Iris, Peonies, and other perennial stock. (38 words)
Visit in May and take a heavenly stroll up through the flower-speckled meadows just to the south-west, where tiny wild carpet the area, along with glossy yellow globe buttercups, bee orchids and wild peonies. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The newest, latest-blooming and usually most expensive peonies are Itoh or intersectional peonies, which were created in 1948 when a botanist (named Toichi Itoh) hybridized herbaceous and tree peonies.
Anticipation: Buds on columnist Tom Atwell’s newly planted peonies earlier this month.
But I once moved a hedge of peonies in June with about 50 plants, and not one showed ill-effects.
Chrysanthemums, peonies, irises, and hydrangeas are some plants that can be poisonous.
Notably, David’s brother, Greg, runs a growing operation just next door, which was also started by Jos, and is a major supplier to Van Berkel’s Distributors, specialising in Dahlias, Bearded Iris, Peonies, and other perennial stock.
On the day of her wedding, earlier this month, Ms. Dluzhynska picked out white peonies for her bouquet before heading to a brightly lit salon.
Amongst hand-painted titanium orchids that looked as if they should be soft to the touch, and gem-encrusted peonies, was a magnificent tulip brooch made from an enormous, tubular pearl believed to be from a giant clam, and another for the tulip bud.
Peonies are a long term investment, as Billy points out, a tree peony could live for a hundred years.
The professional research has found that some of the most popular blooms, sunflowers, irises and peonies, all have their unique needs.
Visit in May and take a heavenly stroll up through the flower-speckled meadows just to the south-west, where tiny wild carpet the area, along with glossy yellow globe buttercups, bee orchids and wild peonies.
Many perennials, such as daylilies and peonies can be divided in early fall.
So it doesn’t seem to matter what it is that drives an individual, whether it’s a passion for growing peonies, say, or wanting to see their children develop, or loving the work they do.
The newlyweds share a kiss, as Ms. Landau clutches a large bouquet of white roses, peonies and lilies.
And I’m told that she wants to have these very beautiful springtime blooms of peonies that reflect her love of earth and springtime and nature.
In the poem, the narrator visits the spot where a pearl once slipped from his grasp and got lost among “Gilofre, gyngure, & gromylyoune, / & pyonys powdered ay bytwene” (“ginger, gromwell, and gillyflower / with peonies scattered in between”).
Ms Markle previously said on her now-deleted Instagram account that peonies make her “endlessly happy”.
Roses, peonies and foxgloves also will be in the arrangements.
The brides’ bouquets were bright, burgeoning bundles of tulips, peonies, and other spring flowers.
The obituary noted that she filled her last days with humour, love and requests for fresh lobster, peonies and the “perfect shrimp wonton soup” – and also recognised those who had treated her differently.
The roots of peonies are used as traditional medicine in China.
Common combinations with peonies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- peonies and 5×
- peonies are 3×
- of peonies 3×
- and peonies 2×
- roses peonies 2×