How to Use mugwort in a Sentence

mugwort

noun
  • Here's to hoping Baby Kimye figures out which way's up thanks to that mugwort.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 24 Nov. 2015
  • Once you’re seated, steam from a container of mugwort tea and herbs rises and slithers up to its target.
    — Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2017
  • It's extracted from the mugwort plant and is four times more soothing than regular cica.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Nettles and mugwort emerge at this time of year, and both are used in TCM for treating your liver.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The mugwort brioche, served with butter disguised as a raspberry, was delicious.
    — Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But, there also exist honkaku shochu made with mugwort, chestnut, enoki mushroom, onion, green tea, wakame seaweed, shiso, and sesame.
    — TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Zinke talked about how her mom would pick yomogi, Japanese mugwort, growing wild along the sidewalks to flavor mochi.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • One trend has been the posting of videos, tweets and images of herbs including mugwort, pennyroyal and blue cohosh.
    — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 4 July 2022
  • Herbalists often recommend mugwort, either in a tea or tincture, for vivid dreams and inner vision.
    — Zoe Greenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
  • Vivid green kusa mochi are made with Japanese mugwort (a close cousin to the stuff that gives absinthe its color) that’s kneaded into the dough.
    — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2021
  • One study found that basil sensitivities were more likely among people with birch, mugwort, or pollen allergies.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 8 July 2024
  • The blue pill contains mugwort and valerian root, two herbs commonly used for insomnia.
    — Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2019
  • This mugwort was harvested from a teeming field behind the house, close to where a bear recently wandered onto the back porch, crushing the ferns.
    — Zoe Greenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
  • In writing about foraging mugwort for Grist last summer, Zoe Yang gets at what an end point might look like instead.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This toner's shake-before-use formula combines hyaluronic acid, squalene, and mugwort.
    — Lindsey Metrus, Peoplemag, 4 July 2023
  • Teas with ginseng, blue lotus, or mugwort may help with inducing sleepiness, Horowitz says, though the effects vary from person to person.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 11 June 2024
  • Duck into Olympic Spa — an oxygen room, a mugwort bath — for another reprieve, the warmth from the heated jade floor a slow fuse of comfort.
    — Amy Scattergood, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • In addition to the hydrating complex, the patches are infused with ku shen root to soothe inflammation and mugwort leaf extract for moisture.
    — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Or knitting needles, poison, bullets, mugwort — or anything else desperate women have turned to as legislators have stripped away their rights?
    — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Nam grew up in a rural Northern Vietnamese village watching his grandmother treat illness with mugwort steam and herbal bundles.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Highlights from the open kitchen include yellowtail crudo with kimchi foam, mugwort noodles in creamy black sesame sauce and an elegant take on Juicy Fruit gum for dessert.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Adding to the uniqueness is a nonalcoholic drinks pairing, with mocktails and teas made from ingredients like sparkling mountain spring water, the kuro-moji tree, and wild mugwort.
    — Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Waves crash against the sea wall, which sits below a steep bank of weeds — susuki (Japanese pampas grass), Japanese mugwort and feral hydrangea.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • For example, cabbage may trigger an allergic reaction in people with a mugwort allergy.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Licensed practitioners also combine it with moxibustion, which involves burning the herb mugwort (or moxa) near acupuncture points, to turn a breech baby.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Its counterpart, the Calming Serum, features mugwort and green tea, to reduce dermal irritation.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Think mugwort from Ganghwa, fig from Yeongam, or rice harvested in Yeoju, a region known for its mineral-rich soil and high-quality crops.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Lai wrapped those shore crabs in crispy potato skin rolls topped with melty local Gouda cheese, folded herbaceous mugwort into steamed rice, and even smoked cicadas to top kale salads with an unexpected crunch.
    — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Within this context, Seok-ryu’s verbal jabs make a lot more sense, including her reference to mugwort and garlic while pretending that Seung-hyo’s room smells.
    — Regina Kim, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Another catches a couple in a moment of flirtation or negotiation, the man’s body almost totally obscured by a thicket of mugwort.
    — Willa Glickman, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2021

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