How to Use stemmed in a Sentence

stemmed

adjective
  • To keep its chill, pour the wine in a stemmed glass of your choice.
    Amelia Goe, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2021
  • The black-stemmed white wood aster was putting out the last of its little daisies.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • These multi-stemmed shrubs lost all their showy fruit in the cold.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The plants grow in tight, multi-stemmed clumps with mostly basal leaves.
    The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
  • Many wore long white gowns and carried a single long stemmed red rose.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • Strain into a stemmed glass and garnish with a cherry or lemon peel.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2023
  • There's both a cup holder and a notched holder for stemmed wine glasses that pull out from under the armrest.
    Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And if that’s not amazing enough for you, consider the red-stemmed dogwood (Cornus sericea) and its close cousins.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Asparagus: These green-stemmed beauties are the markets’ way of saying that spring has sprung, and March and April are best times to get a bunch.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Strain into a stemmed glass and garnish with a lemon twist, herb sprig, or a salty touch like an olive, onion, or pickled vegetable.
    Alia Akkam, House Beautiful, 4 May 2020
  • These are the same controlling parents that Pamela, a tough-stemmed flower, ran away from home to escape and did not speak to for many years.
    New York Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The back of this Adirondack chair has a scalloped design on the top edge, and there are cup holders with a special notched perch for stemmed wine glasses.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • The elements come together in a stemmed glass dish with layers of spinach, Dungeness crab and the caviar capstone.
    Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The back has a scalloped design on the top edge, and there are cup holders with a special notched perch for stemmed wine glasses (versatile!).
    Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022
  • One stem of a two-stemmed black oak was found leaning on a power line that had snapped, according to court documents.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The dense, multi-stemmed, rounded shrub gets its common name from its brilliant red fall foliage.
    oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
  • This dense green, narrowly upright, fine-textured, multi-stemmed shrub has purple cones in the spring.
    oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Typically forms a sprawling multi-stemmed large shrub, but in time can grow into a small tree.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Sandi unzipped a black bag dotted with stemmed cherries.
    cleveland.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Just pop a handful or two stemmed cherry tomatoes into a 400°F air fryer for 4 minutes.
    Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Des Lauriers often finds stemmed points, a style of spear point found from Japan to Peru and perhaps used on the island to hunt sea mammals and native pygmy deer.
    Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 10 Aug. 2017
  • At the Up & Up in Greenwich Village, the cocktail menu has both illustrations and a key showing rocks, highball and stemmed glasses.
    Becky Hughes, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Chelsea Crowder-Luke, 30, and Emerson Luke, 35, also received a set of six of the brand’s stemmed wine glasses, which come in colors including blush pink, cobalt blue and mint green.
    Chloe Anello, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • My multi-stemmed smoke tree (Cotinus obovate), which has been in the ground three years, has developed on one stem a die-back from the base toward the meristem of the sub-laterals in the course of three days.
    oregonlive, 31 July 2021
  • Staller starts her how-to video by blitzing up a blender sauce that includes a carton of yogurt (plain or vanilla), three stemmed strawberries, and a drizzle of honey.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2023
  • As the name suggests, Pho Le specializes in big bowls of pho ($7-$15; beef noodle soup) served with a side plate of crunchy bean sprouts, purple-stemmed basil, sliced jalapeño and lime wedges for spritzing the aromatic soup.
    James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 22 Dec. 2016
  • There is an actual piaget rose — a long-stemmed bloom, bred in the early 1980s, notable for its hot pink color and heady scent, and a lushness often compared to a peony's.
    Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2013
  • There is an actual Piaget rose—a long-stemmed bloom, bred in the early 1980s, notable for its hot pink color, heady scent, and a lushness often compared to a peony’s.
    Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Poblanos grow on big, multi-stemmed plants that can reach 4 feet tall at maturity, so give them plenty of room in the garden or put them in an extra-large container.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2022
  • Rustic willow obelisk: Made from natural willow, this piece has a casual look and can be used as a support for long-stemmed or climbing plants.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2019

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