How to Use wheatgrass in a Sentence

wheatgrass

noun
  • Sprinkle wheatgrass seeds over the soil and water well.
    Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The $100 starter kit comes with a 3 gallon tank, a water pump, gravel for the floor of the tank, grow stones for the planter tray, and packets of wheatgrass and radish seeds.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Her conclusion was that the green tea was beneficial to the wheatgrass.
    Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Drinks: Detox with a glass of kale, wheatgrass and apple juice ($8) or opt for a cocktail like the Hemingway daiquiri made with rum, maraschino, grapefruit and lime ($13).
    Samantha Nelson, RedEye Chicago, 5 Oct. 2017
  • In the glass, AG is a drink mix made from powdered wheatgrass, alfalfa, rose hips, beets, spinach, carrots, and slippery elm: the most suspicious of all elms.
    Drew Magary, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But researchers have now found a protective gene in a wild relative called wheatgrass.
    Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Apr. 2020
  • With bottling, the spa could come to you, and so seltzer became the luxury-healing hybrid, like the 19th-century version of wheatgrass shots.
    Rachel Sugar, Vox, 29 July 2019
  • There’s one Chaco style called Montana Pastures, which is a pastoral kind of green representing a bunch of wheatgrass, more of the plains area of Montana.
    Alex Frank, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
  • To make: Simply plant wheatgrass (available at garden stores or flower shops) in milk glass vessels such as the sugar dish, goblet, and vase shown here.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Free of soy and processed vegan meats, this is my go-to spot to get wheatgrass shots, green juice, a raw vegan meal or something a little more filling.
    Rose Bruno Bailey, Chron, 2 Sep. 2021
  • They’re filled with an innovative wheatgrass called Kernza, backed up and waiting to go somewhere.
    Jennifer Bjorhus, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of turning it up, some women prefer dialing it down, swapping shots of Fireball with those of wheatgrass juice.
    Stephanie Cain, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Like LT Burger's veggie burger, which has beets, brown rice, red pepper, quinoa, black beans and jalapeño, and topped with wheatgrass, tomato, onion, avocado and sprouts.
    Lisa Drayer, CNN, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The gene originated in a benign fungus that lives inside wild grasses, then somehow slipped into the wheatgrass genome.
    Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Apr. 2020
  • An example: the bread, which is baked daily, is made from Kernza, a type of wheatgrass that has a carbon-capturing root system that’s good for the environment.
    Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • The duo has been digging into this matter for several years, and Wowsugi has sought to monitor the results of punk rock on growing wheatgrass.
    Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • For me, this included a LOT of effort trying to convince myself that every moment of misery (wheatgrass and Pilates classes just don't do it for me) was inspirational.
    Jes Baker, SELF, 26 June 2018
  • The small, effervescent capsule contains eight essential greens — spinach, kale, spiraling, chlorella, barley grass, blue-green algae, aloe vera and wheatgrass — to give you a boost and a huge dose of vitamins C, B5, B6 and B12.
    Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • At its headquarters in Irvine, Calif., Urban Produce grows baby kale, wheatgrass and other organic greens in neat rows on shelves stacked 25 high that rotate constantly, as if on a conveyor belt, around the floor of a windowless warehouse.
    Betsy McKay, WSJ, 14 May 2017
  • Greens proved to be the most beneficial, particularly the combination of spinach, spirulina, aloe vera, wheatgrass, blue-green algae, barley grass, chlorella, and kale, which is what her effervescent 8Greens tablet is made out of.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2017
  • As part of the festivities, Iranians create a table called a haft-sin with seven foods, including wheatgrass, garlic, and vinegar, all beginning with the same Farsi letter and symbolizing themes ranging from love to wealth to rebirth.
    Maria Geyman, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2023
  • This popular health supplement contains a variety of wholesome ingredients including spirulina, chlorella, wheatgrass, and moringa.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023

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