How to Use sweetgrass in a Sentence
sweetgrass
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Today, storms and sea tear up the marsh and the shore and the sweetgrass.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
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The air echoes with talk and songs, and the smell of sweetgrass filters in from outside.
—Anna V. Smith/high Country News, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
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Here, the high desert’s classic juniper-sage musk is honeyed by the scent of sweetgrass—and the geosmin scent of fertile earth is there, too, in the low notes.
—Astra Lincoln, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2022
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It had been kept by a woman who revered it as a household spirit and filled its eyes with sweetgrass.
—Louise Erdrich, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
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After a long day of sightseeing, give your weary body some TLC with this sweetgrass bath bomb.
—Claire Stern, ELLE, 8 Dec. 2022
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And, who are the ladies selling woven sweetgrass baskets?
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
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The drive is lost because of the obstacles that are put on sweetgrass basket weaving.
—Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 3 Oct. 2021
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If all else fails, simply burning a stick of sage or a braid of sweetgrass—my personal favorite—is a classic move.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2020
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There are few souvenirs as iconic as a Charleston sweetgrass basket.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022
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There are few souvenirs as iconic as a Charleston sweetgrass basket.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
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Seck herself is part of the Wolof tribe, whose expertise is basketweaving with pliable sweetgrass.
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 6 Oct. 2020
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During prenatal time, Thomas burned sweetgrass in her house every morning and her husband, Michael Thomas, made tea for her.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
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The plants are mostly used for medicinal purposes, and, except for sweetgrass, their names are kept private.
—Kylie Mohr, Wired, 23 Oct. 2021
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Lighting a stick of palo santo, like burning a bundle of sage or sweetgrass, is believed to chase away misfortune.
—Emily Witt, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2016
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Baskets made of South Carolina sweetgrass are on display throughout this space.
—Emily Nonko, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2020
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Smith, who keeps a 30-inch-tall rounded sweetgrass basket in her own foyer to act as a hidey-hole for shoes that might otherwise languish on the floor, just wants to ensure that people don’t forget about it.
—ELLE Decor, 2 Sep. 2022
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My suite was near the smudging room, where cedar, sage, and sweetgrass are burned during traditional cleansing rituals.
—Craig Taylor, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
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My suite was near the smudging room, where cedar, sage, and sweetgrass are burned during traditional cleansing rituals.
—Craig Taylor, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
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Explore the city’s Black history, from the soulful flavors of Lowcountry cuisine to the coils of artistry woven into each handcrafted sweetgrass basket.
—Noel Cody, Essence, 28 Apr. 2021
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Two highlights: sweetgrass baskets and Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit.
—Kayla Webley Adler, ELLE, 24 Mar. 2023
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Henrietta Snype, a 69-year-old sweetgrass basket artist from the Four Mile settlement community, was among the twenty-five people attending the March 19 event.
—Time, 25 Mar. 2021
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Martin describes broths made from ginger, seaweed, sweetgrass, peppercrab, frog, fish, mutton, venison, dog, and elephant.
—Jacob Mikanowski, Slate Magazine, 5 July 2017
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Seeking to scratch a creative itch, Hill started visiting her Auntie Laura, who made traditional Haudenosaunee baskets from black ash and sweetgrass.
—Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
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Gullah/Geechee artisans, who make intricate baskets for community use and tourist sales, rely on sweetgrass gathered from sand dunes and brackish marshlands.
—Dasia Moore, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2020
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Standout pieces from Solomon’s latest collection include braided wedding bands inspired by sweetgrass, available in a variety of finishes from sterling silver to 18-karat gold.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 May 2018
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Vickie Hicks, who weaves intricate sweetgrass baskets in the historic city market in Charleston, South Carolina, remembers climbing onto the table at her grandmother’s booth downtown when the floodwaters rushed by.
—Michelle Liu, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2020
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After Emancipation, weavers experimented with sweetgrass, pine needles, and palmetto fronds to create more elaborate designs, turning the craft into an art — and a source of income.
—Deborah Needleman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
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That culture, which also blends West Indian influence, includes crafts like sweetgrass basket weaving, music, spirituality and philosophy, heritage agriculture, and a distinctive patois with rhythms and pronunciation all its own.
—John Huey, Southern Living, 10 July 2020
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