How to Use ragweed in a Sentence

ragweed

noun

• In the spring the trees are leafing out earlier and in the fall the ragweed is lasting longer.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
• Finfrock, who serves on the center’s board, said he’s spent more than 20 hours pulling ragweed at the center over the past three weeks.
  — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2020
• Grass pollen starts to pick up in April and May, and then high ragweed counts will start to appear in September.
  — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2020
• High ragweed pollen levels are also to blame for the smell, Lanza wrote.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 4 Oct. 2022
• Traces of ragweed marked how different species flourished in the cleared land.
  — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• There are tablets now for grass, ragweed and dust mites, but if trees are the culprit, allergy shots are the only way to go.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
• Our top allergens right now are ragweed and elm, per Pollen.com.
  — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
• Tree pollen and ragweed pollen is not expected to make an impact.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2018
• There are very few ragweed surveys showing where these plants are growing in the U.S., but that can be improved.
  — Allison L. Steiner, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2023
• Allergies are common in the fall and winter due to triggers like cedar and ragweed.
  — Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022
• Then grasses come out in the summer, followed by ragweed in late summer.
  — Yingxiao Zhang, Fortune Well, 12 Apr. 2023
• The giant ragweed makes dark corridors down to the stream, and the pipevine smothers the leaning pergola of shrubs and trees beneath.
  — Bill Finch, al, 6 Aug. 2023
• But as much as the common ragweed loves to grow, Ophraella communa loves to devour it.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Apr. 2020
• Weed pollen is low/moderate, as ragweed begins to pick up.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2020
• Tree and ragweed pollen is expected to be low to nonexistent.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• For the vast majority of people, ragweed is little more than a green and yellow shrub.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2019
• Grass pollen becomes more prevalent in the summer, followed by ragweed in late summer.
  — Allison L. Steiner, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2023
• Tree and grass pollen levels will be very high on Tuesday, along with moderate levels of ragweed pollen.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024
• The list of allergens that SLIT can help fix is much smaller—at the moment, only short ragweed pollen, grasses, and house dust mites—and only one of these at a time.
  — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 10 June 2024
• In addition to ragweed, fall is prime season for indoor and outdoor molds.
  — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2019
• Tree and grass pollen levels tend to peak during spring, while ragweed and other weed pollens can last through the summer and into early fall.
  — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2020
• One type of pollen hitting the propeller blades comes from ragweed, a plant with little green flowers blooming from a slender stem.
  — Lucas Joel, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019
• The idea is to keep pollen, ragweed and other allergens from entering your nose and setting off symptoms.
  — Arlene Karidis, Washington Post, 1 July 2017
• In China, the bug is mass-reproduced and actively distributed to control the spread of ragweed.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Apr. 2020
• Case’s 2018 study names upstate New York and New England as prime areas for ragweed expansion.
  — Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2021
• Grass pollen is close behind at a 'moderate' level, with ragweed listed as 'low'.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
• Pet dander, dust, ragweed, grass, and pollen can trigger your eyes to have an allergic reaction.
  — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2023
• Weeds are the biggest culprit of allergy triggers in the fall, with ragweed being the biggest offender.
  — Dr. Kimberly Loo, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
• Though weed pollination depends on the amount of daylight, fall can still bring allergens like pollen from ragweed.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
• When the land is disturbed to create roadways or housing developments, ragweed can grow back stronger.
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024