How to Use herbalist in a Sentence

herbalist

noun
  • An herbalist who had a way with poisonous plants.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
  • What’s your favorite part of being a herbalist?
    — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Said comes from a long lineage of herbalists that began in Oman.
    — Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
  • Cooks often doubled as herbalists who sought to soothe, strengthen or calm.
    — The Economist, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Elisa Shankle, a founder, developed the tea blends and elixirs with an herbalist.
    — Crystal Martin, New York Times, 27 June 2018
  • No wonder they were crafted by a tea master and expert herbalist.
    — Allison Young, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Wolfsbane is far from the only plant that early herbalists linked to canines.
    — Laura Murphy, JSTOR Daily, 28 Feb. 2025
  • As Roger helps Buck to the local herbalist, a blast from the past is on the other side of the door.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.
    — Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
  • There's even a resident herbalist who prepares custom teas to enhance your health.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • For the herbalists, the chefs, the gardeners, or the garden-missing, this is the perfect gift.
    — Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Tilson did a lot of reading about the medicinal uses of plants and studied with two master herbalists.
    — Margaret Buranen, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • When he was supposed to be watching us, this amateur herbalist would spend long stretches in our backyard.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2018
  • Wise is a wellness coach and certified herbalist with River of Oats.
    — Linda G. Kramer, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Aqeel Khalaf, an herbalist, hit the road in the early morning with his brother, son and daughter-in-law.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Forage for prickly pear and loquats with herbalist Doreen Williams James.
    — Caitlin Etherton, National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2019
  • The dandelion plant has been a favorite of herbalists and ancient medicine practitioners across the globe for ages.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Soon his brothers and sisters started asking around to find out who the herbalist was using their grandfather’s name.
    — Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
  • The herbalists, who were represented pro bono, were still delighting in the verdict weeks later.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Ojai herbalist Stephanie Diamond hand-makes her line of body oils and serums in small batches with organic herbs.
    — Lisa Boonestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Join local herbalist Meghan Henshaw to learn about notable plants books that enrich knowledge of herbal medicine.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 12 May 2024
  • Like many myths, that of Joe Pye the Indian herbalist has variations.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
  • When Roger knocks on that herbalist’s door, who should answer but none other than Geillis Duncan.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • An herbalist would wrap up the ingredients, which Yang’s mother would boil down into a dark soup full of intriguing lumps.
    — Jamie Fisher, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • The cloister houses an herbalist doling out tisanes and tinctures and a boulangerie producing sourdough loaves from flour milled on-site.
    — Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
  • It was conceived to resemble an apothecary or herbalist’s shop of yesteryear, with pharmacy jars holding plants.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The plant lately is in use by some herbalists as a remedy and prevention for Lyme disease, as well as to relieve aching joints and strengthen legs.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 31 May 2017
  • The herbalist lifestyle has faded in and out of the Black American community throughout the years.
    — Celeste Polanco, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Lakshmi is a former henna artist and herbalist from Jaipur, now living in Shimla, in the foothills of the Himalayas.
    — Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Caroline Archer, center, came to London from her home in rural Norfolk for the march and dressed as a wise woman and herbalist.
    — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2022

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