Example Sentences

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These days, consider California sagebrush as a foundational native plant whose weediness can be tamed with a little judicious pruning while you’re inhaling the fragrance Evans calls “invigorating.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

The peppery bite of ginger lingering on the tongue after the floral-meets-mango flavor fades away, obscuring any residual weediness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2022

The casual air of abandon, sliding into weediness, seems to reveal the lack of a controlling human hand, which might make some gardeners nervous.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022

Lundgren, in South Dakota, avoids the weediness of the regulatory landscape to focus on larger issues.

From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2021

What he first noted in her with wonder and admiration was the absence of weediness and flabbiness.

From The Combined Maze by Sinclair, May