Perennial is an English word with synonyms like annual or biennial. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Perennial in a sentence
Related words
Perennial meaning
- Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.
- Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; never-ending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.
- Appearing or recurring again and again; recurrent.
Using Perennial
- The main meaning on this page is: Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time. | Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; never-ending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing. | Appearing or recurring again and again; recurrent.
- Useful related words include: annual, biennial, long, recurrent.
- In the example corpus, perennial often appears in combinations such as: the perennial, and perennial, perennial favorite.
Context around Perennial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perennial
- In this selection, "perennial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, named, ceremony, dependable, title, favorite and plant stand out and add context to how "perennial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a holiday perennial and a perennial award winner. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perennial" sits close to words such as amino, bce and booming, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perennial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A perennial favorite is Harold’s Chicken Shack. (8 words)
Blythe also insisted while perennial plants are pricer they can help in the "long term". (15 words)
A perennial award winner, its blue Stilton was crowned Supreme Champion at the 2012 World Cheese Awards. (17 words)
Because typical grass can't handle the dense leaf litter that covers lawns each fall -- it smothers and kills the turf plant -- Landwehr said the trick is to rake the leaves up and move them to your perennial beds, shrubs and trees. (42 words)
And though the Tigers remain the top team in our preseason projections, several other programs — some perennial powers, some new faces and some programs with chips on their shoulders — look like they could be holding the trophy in Cleveland in April. (41 words)
After beating Grantsville 41-0 in its opener, the Bulldogs now have a chance to show if they can be a 5A power with a showdown against perennial rival Timpview at home next week. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Every game features at least one NBA champion, one MVP winner or finalist and at least one perennial All-Star, or in the U.S. case, about 10 perennial All-Stars.
The cultivar 'Walker's Low' was named Perennial of the Year for 2007 by the Perennial Plant Association.
The perennial tea ceremony ("perennial", literally means four steps or sequences that are linked together, each representing a season of the year) includes four tea settings (茶席) and a tea master (司茶).
Aburime said Soludo was far ahead of some perennial constestants that APC had presented for election and that when the die was cast, the governor’s works would speak vigorously for him.
A cherry on top of the cake was the presence of all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who was part of four winning seasons with the perennial title holders.
After beating Grantsville 41-0 in its opener, the Bulldogs now have a chance to show if they can be a 5A power with a showdown against perennial rival Timpview at home next week.
Although Emus currently sit second on the ladder, it's been a difficult season for the perennial title-contenders.
And in a passing league, this dynamic unit is a big reason why Philadelphia has emerged as a perennial title contender.
And that’s without getting into the mechanics of what a trade for Matthews, a perennial Hart Trophy candidate, would actually look like.
And though the Tigers remain the top team in our preseason projections, several other programs — some perennial powers, some new faces and some programs with chips on their shoulders — look like they could be holding the trophy in Cleveland in April.
And yet the shirt number can have another meaning: Nketiah has often seemed roughly the 14th man, the perennial substitute.
A perennial award winner, its blue Stilton was crowned Supreme Champion at the 2012 World Cheese Awards.
A perennial favorite is Harold’s Chicken Shack.
A really dependable perennial - you can plant in partial or full sun - and it also looks pretty in pots.
As Frank Scheck wrote for The Hollywood Reporter, “‘A Christmas Story Christmas will hardly supplant its predecessor as a holiday perennial.
Ballet flats, inspired by dance shoes, blend elegance and comfort, making them a perennial favorite among women of all ages.
Because typical grass can't handle the dense leaf litter that covers lawns each fall -- it smothers and kills the turf plant -- Landwehr said the trick is to rake the leaves up and move them to your perennial beds, shrubs and trees.
Beyond national pride against their perennial rivals, Scotland themselves has nothing to play for in the game.
Birmingham City face a stern test against perennial play-off hopefuls Swansea City under new boss Michael Duff following the departure of Russell Martin this summer.
Blythe also insisted while perennial plants are pricer they can help in the "long term".
Common combinations with perennial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the perennial 36×
- and perennial 12×
- perennial favorite 8×
- is perennial 6×
- perennial candidate 6×
- of perennial 6×
- perennial plants 5×
- this perennial 5×
- to perennial 4×
- perennial powerhouse 4×