How to Use seaweed in a Sentence

seaweed

noun
  • There was no wind, and piles of seaweed lined the shore.
    Sanaë Lemoine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The bio resin made of seaweed is the link for the arachnid.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Crush 2 sheets of the seaweed snacks on top of each and serve.
    Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • Hold fast to the seaweed with a good grip to make a clean cut.
    Sunset Magazine, 19 July 2022
  • The quest of a Long Island seaweed farmer to make kelp the next kale.
    New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • There, Rona communes with the waves, the seaweed, and the rugged landscape.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
  • That’s the line where the tide leaves deposits like seaweed or shells.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The oysters, bedded on ice and seaweed, are sea-breezy on the nose and briny in the mouth.
    Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The snack is wrapped neatly with a piece of nori or dried seaweed.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In step with the decline of coral is the rise of algae, or seaweed.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The seaweed is grown in the tanks along with the algae that went into the breakfast bar.
    Evan Fraser, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Get it atop sushi rice or brown rice, or in a seaweed wrap.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
  • Take a trip to the ocean, go be with a lobsterman or a seaweed farmer.
    Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 21 June 2024
  • Use this on green onions, rosemary, cilantro, and seaweed, just to name a few.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Sep. 2022
  • It can be served atop rice, seaweed or in a salad of greens.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The spread of this seaweed has grown so vast in recent times that it can be seen from space.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • And what changes would need to be made to mimic the effect of a seaweed diet?
    WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The rounds of seaweed are crisp and curved, cradling a smear of mashed avocado and a heap of caviar.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • There is a pronounced seaweed/salty tang of a rocky beach at low tide.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The seaweed is made up of algal species in the genus Sargassum.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Take the weedy sea dragon, a sea horse-like fish that waves its body like seaweed.
    Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
  • This gives you some time to score more reasonable rates and avoid the seaweed.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Chanel’s is a light seafoam, Essie’s takes its cues from seaweed, and Olive & June gives fatigue green a shot of teal.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 23 June 2022
  • Now, the farm grows both oysters and seaweed, and offers tours and tastings for guests.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The counters were covered in seaweed, which poked out of cabinets and the oven.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This gives you time to score more reasonable hotel rates and avoid the seaweed.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2023
  • There are huge brown blobs of seaweed in the water in Florida.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • Still others say that it was based on the dark, ink-colored seaweed that sometimes washed up on the shore.
    Leslie Garrett, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2021
  • It’s largely obscured by seaweed and, from the looks of it, home to a lone Baltic flounder that’s swimming around the base.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The kitchen sends a passel of dishes—the first a soupçon of smoky tofu mousse between two crisp squares of seaweed.
    Monica Kim, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2022

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