Example sentences for: greenhouses

How can you use “greenhouses” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Most neologisms remain in their literary greenhouses, to be enjoyed only by visitors.

  • Among the highlights are magnificent orchids and cacti in the greenhouses and an exquisite arboretum of Japanese bonsai.

  • The N-340 crosses a vast and dreary plain where every available piece of level land has been covered by ugly plastic greenhouses that produce much of Europe’s winter vegetables.

  • It would be impossible to compile a definitive glossary for this group, but a few examples follow: the heads (naval colloquialism, dating from the late nineteenth century, said to be from the location of the latrines on a ship); the longs (pet-name for latrines at Brasenose College, Oxford, from c. 1870, so-called because they were built from funds donated by a certain Lady Long); and greenhouses (Ulysses , Book VIII), James Joyce's personal slang for the public toilets after the color of their paint.


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