How to Use mallow in a Sentence

mallow

noun
  • The company offers jars of mallows in a wide range of hues.
    Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Hibiscus moscheutos Rose mallow is at home on the lakeshore and blooms all summer.
    Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 12 Aug. 2017
  • It's made with hyaluronic acid, glycerin and mallow to hydrate and boost skin's glow.
    Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2022
  • With mixer on high speed, beat cream with pinch salt until stiff peaks form; fold in marsh- mallow creme.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2017
  • There are blue sage and yarrow and mallow and tobacco and oregano and marjoram.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Tree mallow, one of the few flowering shrubs, adds color and a layer of mystery.
    Emily Young, latimes.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Either way, the low Loveseat, a beach-camping staple, has a base that stands 13.5 inches off the ground, keeping you close to the campfire for roasting franks and mallows.
    Outdoor Life, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Today the marshmallow on your s’more contains no marsh mallow sap at all.
    Jeffrey Miller, Smithsonian, 29 June 2018
  • Flowering sea kale and poppy mallow were planted in the Moon Garden because these and other blossoms bear light or white petals that seem to glow in the dark.
    Jeanine Barone, The Know, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The baby plant at the base of your hollyhock could be either from seed, a baby hollyhock, a mallow or growth from the hollyhock root.
    oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Butter-Nut-Bourbon, which is made of butternut squash mousse, praline crèmeux, smoked sea salt pecans and black pepper mallow cream.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Through the ranch’s pole gates is a wide meadow of grasses and scarlet globe-mallow flowers, grazing goats, colorful cliffs and sandstone spires.
    Alexandra Marvar, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Six years later, the site seethes with life, barely visible trails cutting through rampant sedge and mallow, cow parsley and burdock.
    The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • The molokhia leaves are also known as jute or Jew’s mallow (a bitter green somewhere between spinach and sorrel that can get viscous, similarly to okra, when cooked).
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit, 21 May 2018
  • Khobeizah, or common mallow, and loof, a flowering perennial plant with bright green leaves, were some of the edible plants found growing wild that her mother cooked.
    Aina J. Khan, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • My favorite is ‘Louis Hamilton’ desert mallow, whose flowers are the color of ripe watermelons.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The oldest ingredient in the s’more’s holy trinity is the marshmallow, a sweet that gets its name from a plant called, appropriately enough, the marsh mallow.
    Jeffrey Miller, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The oldest ingredient in the s’more’s holy trinity is the marshmallow, a sweet that gets its name from a plant called, appropriately enough, the marsh mallow.
    Jeffrey Miller, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
  • While this might not work for older kids, my 2.5-year-old daughter will do just about anything for a marshmallow, so our indoor campfire with a fake mallow roast and camp seats is pretty fun.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2020
  • There are affordable rentals, family-friendly fire pits for drinking hot cocoa and roasting ‘mallows, and the rink is open until 9pm for maximum time on the ice.
    Kate Wertheimer, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Marsh mallow, or Althea officinalis, is a plant indigenous to Eurasia and Northern Africa.
    Jeffrey Miller, Smithsonian, 29 June 2018
  • Nu Bare Look Tint Foundation that’s packed with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and mallow for up to 24-hour hydration surge that rivals even the best face moisturizers.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Two species of hibiscus, common rose mallow and swamp rose mallow, are both native to wetlands and moist areas of eastern North America.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • Perhaps Althaea officinalis, the common marsh-mallow plant that thrives on the sunny banks of waterways?
    Garrett Munce, GQ, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Marsh Mallow Marsh mallow is a beautiful herb that produces attractive pink or white, hollyhock-like flowers for most of the summer.
    The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2016
  • Many in Gaza have been living off little more than a native wild plant known as Egyptian mallow, commonly eaten by Palestinians.
    Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In some parts of the Valley, perennial weeds are likely to be white top; in other parts, the predominant weed is mallow (buttonweed), sowthistle or quackgrass.
    Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 2 May 2018
  • Now, this green, a variety of mallow, is making up an outsize portion of many Gazans’ diets by providing an inexpensive way to blunt hunger.
    Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Desert mallow is a favorite evergreen shrublet with fuzzy, silvery, crenulated leaves and cupped flowers in shades of brilliant orange to watermelon red.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The Toasty Marshmallow tastes mostly like an untoasted marshmallow—slightly sweet with a mallow-y aftertaste.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2022

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