How to Use reed in a Sentence

reed

1 of 2 noun

• Payne shared the story of the huge oak tree and the small reed.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• The light filters through the streets like a stream through reeds.
  — Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 18 June 2019
• To keep the scent fresh, turn the reeds over every few days.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 31 Jan. 2020
• And then long black reeds of hair came loose in their quick hands.
  — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Hot tip: if the scent starts to fade,just flip the reeds upside down.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
• Along its banks a frothy white scum pushes against the reeds.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• Built of logs, planks, reeds and thatching, the cabins were a work of art.
  — Anne Z. Cooke, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Dimitar took the reed out of his mouth and smiled at me.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2022
• Diaphragm calls consist of three main parts–the frame, a reed, and tape.
  — Nancy Jo Adams, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023
• To inscribe the shards, users dipped a reed or hollow stick in ink.
  — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022
• At one point, the oboist is asked to put a second reed in his mouth and play a raucous self-duet.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• The other half flutters at the base of the tract: the vocal folds, also known as cords or reeds.
  — Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2020
• For the rest of the year, the only sign of life is the odd patch of bright green reeds, fed by underground water.
  — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2018
• Having a reed break in the middle of a session is a buzzkill.
  — Parker Hall, Wired, 21 June 2020
• Once, in an eddy, my son found a bleached white carcass bobbing in the reeds.
  — Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The Hogsetts discovered that the plant can be used to make an oboe reed after one of their friends did just that.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Lazy Royal, which launched in 2022, does the same with candles and reed diffusers.
  — Emily Jensen, Allure, 1 Mar. 2023
• Javed makes a butterfly net out of a stick, a loop of reed and some of the thick cobwebs gathered from the house’s eaves.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
• The huge central movement, the one that can last over a half-hour, represents 27 hours in the life of the reed warbler.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
• These reed diffusers get the job done, look calming and are eco-friendly.
  — NBC News, 14 Jan. 2020
• The two reed-playing Janes — Bunnett and Bloom — also made strong marks.
  — Paul De Barros, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
• This option has a burn time of up to 60 hours, and the item also comes as a 3-wick candle and a reed diffuser.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2021
• Sunlight glittered on the water; a soft breeze played among the reeds and feathery grasses.
  — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• Winn steered his kayak behind the tall reeds a year ago this month and waited, perfectly still.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Elk callers use a diaphragm reed along with a bugle tube to replicate the noises.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• She was apparently found in reeds but in full view from a pathway.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
• Indeed, most of our contributors found some thin reed on which to hang some hope.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• One could either get soaked or fight through tangles of 12-foot-high phragmites, a reed species that thrives in wetlands.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2021
• Fishing was a labor-intensive process of weaving baskets from reeds and laying them in the water to trap fish in the current.
  — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
• The elephants eventually ambled away into the bush and then the guides pushed us, gondola-style, into knee-deep, three-foot-wide channels lined by Papyrus reeds.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024

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reed

2 of 2 verb

• Homesick: Pick up new scents that smell just like home with up to 25% off all candles and reed diffusers.
  — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2020
• Homesick: Pick up new scents that smell just like home with up to 20% off all candles and reed diffusers.
  — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
• The Heat could offer Reed its $4.3 mid-level room exception.
  — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 1 June 2017
• The key to blowing a short-reed Canada or specklebelly call is moving a continuous amount of air through the call.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
• And partitions are being installed in the orchestra pit to try to contain any aerosols emitted by reed and brass instruments.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
• Roused by the recurring ripple of notes, Mr. Sanders’ initially raspy reed smoothes into lengthy, crystalline phrases.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2021
• Instead, the Romans’ post-bath ritual involved anointing the body with oils and scraping excess grease away with a metal or reed tool known as a strigil.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2020
• Although most objects in this show include calligraphy, there's also a silver 19th-century pen box, studded with coins and beads, used to store reed pens.
  — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• After tittering over the album cover — which features the musician in silhouette, reed clenched between his teeth — Fallon shared a selection from the record, wincing all the while.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2021
• Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger’s home fragrance company offers vegan soy candles, reed diffusers, incense and room sprays.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• Homesick: Pick up new scents that smell just like home with up to 25% off all candles and reed diffusers.
  — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2020
• Homesick: Pick up new scents that smell just like home with up to 20% off all candles and reed diffusers.
  — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
• The Heat could offer Reed its $4.3 mid-level room exception.
  — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 1 June 2017
• The key to blowing a short-reed Canada or specklebelly call is moving a continuous amount of air through the call.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
• And partitions are being installed in the orchestra pit to try to contain any aerosols emitted by reed and brass instruments.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
• Roused by the recurring ripple of notes, Mr. Sanders’ initially raspy reed smoothes into lengthy, crystalline phrases.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2021
• Instead, the Romans’ post-bath ritual involved anointing the body with oils and scraping excess grease away with a metal or reed tool known as a strigil.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2020
• Although most objects in this show include calligraphy, there's also a silver 19th-century pen box, studded with coins and beads, used to store reed pens.
  — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• After tittering over the album cover — which features the musician in silhouette, reed clenched between his teeth — Fallon shared a selection from the record, wincing all the while.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2021
• Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger’s home fragrance company offers vegan soy candles, reed diffusers, incense and room sprays.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024