weeds
Example Sentences
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There were plants to prop up that had toppled over in the wind, weeds to pull, strawberries to nibble, and a huge bunch of bananas just green enough to pick.
From Literature
I went to them to look for the pretty weeds and wildflowers that grew in between the rows of people who lived lives long and short before me.
From Salon
The schools, clinics, the manicured golf course — onetime amenities from an industry awash in petrodollars — gone or overgrown with weeds.
From Los Angeles Times
His flop of black curls was growing like weeds, but he didn’t mind it.
From Literature
A recent installment of the podcast “In Proximity” featured Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler getting in the weeds about the production of “Sinners,” including how Jordan distinctly portrayed twins Smoke and Stack.
From Los Angeles Times
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