How to Use herbicide in a Sentence

herbicide

noun
  • Look for a herbicide made for your lawn type that lists sedge.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024
  • Once there, the herbicide can kill the roots.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • If those steps do not get rid of it, herbicides can be used.
    — Eva Flowe april 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • What herbicide kills weeds but not grass?
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
  • Paint cut edges with the herbicide.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • This is a good time of year to cut your buckthorns down and treat the stumps with an herbicide.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2020
  • This herbicide ensures weeds die and grass doesn't.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
  • This is so the herbicide sticks to the weeds and enters the foliage.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
  • As such, herbicide use can be more effective at this time of the year.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Many of the herbicides are the same ones being used by lawn spray services.
    — Tom MacKlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Apply the herbicide with a pump sprayer in a fine droplet pattern.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Apply an herbicide now and the weeds won't return in the spring.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
  • For stubborn weeds that keep coming back, an herbicide may be your best bet.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This will allow time for the herbicide to work through the plant’s system.
    — Boston.com Real Estate, 21 Aug. 2019
  • This herbicide is translocated through the weed to kill it – roots and all.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The weeds can be pulled, hoed or treated with herbicides that permit use near trees.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
  • The plant will carry the herbicide to all the roots, so the entire plant will be killed.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
  • If this is a one-time herbicide drift the tree will probably be healthy again next year.
    — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2021
  • For instance, just use an herbicide if your lawn is healthy but struggles with weeds.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Spot treat with a selective herbicide that won’t kill the grass, too.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The weeds don't absorb and translocate the herbicides in the heat.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 22 June 2024
  • Young poison ivy plants should be treated with an herbicide in the spring, when the plants are small.
    — Mike Hogan, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
  • Set the nozzle to a fairly fine mist and coat the leaves with the herbicide just to the point of runoff.
    — Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
  • It's made with yellow peas that are free from glyphosate, the herbicide found in Roundup.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2022
  • Most pre-emergent herbicides need to be watered in.
    — Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The use of phenoxy herbicide in the early spring has been pretty good as the spray.
    — OregonLive.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • This is the perfect time to use an herbicide to eliminate the weeds.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The herbicide from Vietnam that haunts him.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The herbicide, trichlopyr (in brush killer products) will also work.
    — OregonLive.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Some of these products contain herbicides to ensure the tree does not sprout from the base.
    — Daniel Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025

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