How to Use botanical in a Sentence

botanical

1 of 2 adjective
  • The last step is the body oil with eight botanical oils.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • With botanical extracts, the serum helps even skin tone, too.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • With botanical extracts, the serum helps even skin tone, too.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
  • With botanical extracts, the serum helps even skin tone, too.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
  • With botanical extracts, the serum helps even skin tone, too.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • The textiles are all dyed with botanical dyes.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Or, check out this neutral botanical wool rug that will look great on your floors and keep your feet toasty.
    — Toni Sutton, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Summer fruit cobbler just got a botanical glow-up.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • Then the gin creeps in, warming, sharp and botanical, followed by a wave of fresh citrus.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Amplify your glow and nourish your skin with this botanical balm.
    — Meg Donohue, ELLE, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Its fresh, botanical scent balances out the warmer, spicier scents in the lineup.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Bring the magic of summer inside with this quilt set covered in a soft blue botanical print.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • This armchair is re-covered in a botanical print fabric.
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • To mix it up, add hiking maps of your favorite locations or botanical prints.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • While plump and hefty, weighing up to a pound each, dragon fruit is considered a botanical berry.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 21 June 2026
  • The botanical name is cornus kousa that hails from Japan and Korea.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Now, the retailer is stepping up its botanical game this spring with fresh flowers!
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Odor is a botanical defense mechanism as much as thistles and thorns.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But even city-dwelling non-planners can benefit from year-round botanical bounty.
    — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The challenge is keeping enough of that botanical identity intact so the gin still reads as gin.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Etro often uses the technique to tell its lush botanical stories.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The delphinium isn’t the only botanical star of the coming year.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Those botanical notes can complement the citrus in more complex ways.
    — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the designs are made with botanical prints, and snake motifs with the aim being to show a new beginning.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Believe it or not, one of the best ways to take in the botanical scenery is from a window seat on an everyday commuter train.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Pick it up in one of its many botanical prints or opt for solid colors ranging from versatile navy to basic black.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Its botanical name of Leucophyllum frutescens refers to its leaf color and growth habit.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025
  • For many, the California poppy is the belle of the botanical ball.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2023
  • To get the botanical glow, here are three Sunset favorite products, all from founders in the West.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 17 May 2023

botanical

2 of 2 noun
  • Ready to give the botanical active a whirl?
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Now all that's left to do is find the perfect vase to put your new botanicals on display!
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
  • There are 40 scents from which to choose, plus dry botanical to add to your candle.
    — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This face mist has the same goal, and achieves it with a blend of natural extracts and botanicals.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The lightweight oils and botanicals balance the scalp while smoothing hair for an easy style.
    — Deanna Pai, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
  • Juniper is, of course, at the heart of Cygnet’s recipe of 22 botanicals.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
  • Wine proxies mimic wine-like flavors with fruit juices, botanicals, and teas.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Juniper must be one of the flavoring botanicals for the result to be called gin.
    — Jonah Flicker, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
  • In most gins, the number of botanicals tends to stay in the single figures, or to hover just above.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • So, no surprise that a desert botanical knows its way around retaining moisture.
    — Madge Maril, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Drop in at Salacia to craft salts from Southern botanicals.
    — Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • True to her name, is well known for infusing bits of botanicals into her collections.
    — Laurel Benedum, ELLE Decor, 20 Feb. 2020
  • That being that without the botanicals of gin, the vermouth has little to play with in the glass when paired up with just vodka.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That being that without the botanicals of gin, the vermouth has little to play with in the glass when paired up with just vodka.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Her new products are inspired by all the botanicals and the long hair and florals featured in Mucha’s work.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee updated March 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
  • For bathrooms trending toward the botanical, a pattern like this one is perfect.
    — Shay Rodger, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Delta 8 is a powerful botanical, and it must be used with care and in moderation.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The amount of kava and natural kratom leaf in feel free® is based on the traditional use of these botanicals.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Calming botanicals like aloe, turmeric, and holy basil round things out, keeping skin comfortable and soothed.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Add any kind of green olives — pimento-stuffed or not — and some of their brine for saltiness, as well as lemon peel and juice to bring out the botanicals of the booze.
    — Ali Slagle, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The line taps into Eastern herbal medicine and smells incredible—a waft of botanicals that stays with you all day.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2026
  • There are over 12 patents on our botanicals and over 15 clinical studies.
    — Lisa Fogarty, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 May 2019
  • This botanical is a true miracle berry that promotes hair growth and even works to retain the hair’s natural color.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • Tohono Chul botanical gardens, with the largest collection of night-blooming cereus in the world.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Instead, Weld plays with the proprietary ratios of the botanicals.
    — Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Second, the various herbs and botanicals in the tincture fix the rocky digestion.
    — Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Bonne, who sources botanicals sustainably from local forests, is as much archivist as perfumer.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Spa treatments are based on botanicals from the gardens of Santa Barbara.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Soothing botanicals, such as aloe vera and chamomile, keep the skin comfortable as the mask refines pores and absorbs excess oil.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Wash it across your tongue, and let the botanicals sketch out in your mind’s eye their point of origin, each sip like liquid GPS.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018

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