How to Use stinging nettle in a Sentence

stinging nettle

noun
  • Look for stinging nettles, watercress and wild greens on a menu near you.
    — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • At the head of the line, Barkeim swung a stick, clearing a path through an ocean of stinging nettles.
    — Frank Bures, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Some weeds such as stinging nettle and poison ivy may cause skin irritation.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2021
  • Herbal remedies like khellin, horse gram, and stinging nettle may also help prevent or treat kidney stones.
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The thieves came in the middle of the night with wire cutters, snipping through the fence and trampling through a brush of stinging nettle.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
  • What’s known as burning or stinging nettles has hairs along the stems that release a stinging, burning compound when touched.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • One of those irritations is stinging nettle rash—a rash that comes from contact with a stinging nettle plant.
    — Emilia Benton, Health, 11 Jan. 2024
  • During our first pee break, Emma squatted in a patch of stinging nettles and shot upright again, wincing.
    — Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
  • One cup of stinging nettle, which was the traditional spring green, contains as much iron as a cup of kale and more calcium than a glass of milk.
    — Sandy M. Fernandez, Woman's Day, 14 Nov. 2018
  • However, research into stinging nettle and hair growth is lacking.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Some people may also have an allergic reaction to stinging nettle that can be life-threatening.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Pilea are in that most irritating family of plants that includes stinging nettle, the Urticaceae.
    — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The tenant lineup of the Ferry Building has steadily evolved along the way, often voiced with the pain of a thousand stinging nettles.
    — Paolo Lucchesi, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Other plants like poison oak and stinging nettle, a common herbal medicine that causes skin irritation when touched, may be irritating.
    — Sara Okeefe, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • There could be fecal matter if there are animals around (especially cats), plus there are plants that can cause contact rashes, such as poison ivy and stinging nettle.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There could be fecal matter if there are animals around (especially cats), plus there are plants that can cause contact rashes, such as poison ivy and stinging nettle.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
  • As in Andersen’s telling, the only way Eliza can break the spell on her brothers is to weave shirts for them of stinging nettles without once talking or weeping.
    — WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • This is where Andiario spends most of his time, twisting short cuts of strozzapreti, folding jade sheets of stinging nettle dough into tortelloni origami.
    — Adam Erace, Philly.com, 19 June 2018
  • For example, stinging nettle is often touted as a natural antihistamine that can be taken as capsules or consumed in teas.
    — Sarah Cottone, Health, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The Cutlers were looking to switch up their stinging nettle risotto with a flavor profile that would be instantly recognizable.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
  • For Tartaglia, foraging stinging nettles has become an annual ritual.
    — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This blend includes fenugreek, DIM, stinging nettle, tongkat ali, fenugreek, Asian ginseng, and saw palmetto.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Organic or wild greens Dark leafy greens, fresh green herbs, stinging nettles, and wild garlic leaves are a treasure trove of nutrients that act as antioxidants and also alkalize the body.
    — Amber Rose, Bon Appetit, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The Dram crew forages many of their ingredients themselves, including gentian root, fennel, stinging nettle, and dandelion.
    — Juno Demelo, Bon Appetit, 6 Feb. 2017
  • This supplement is made with a blend of D-aspartic acid, along with ten botanicals, including horny goat weed, stinging nettle, fenugreek, saw palmetto, and tribulus terrestris.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
  • That means a few pieces of comfortable, nondescript clothing, waterproof hiking boots (already broken in), lightweight wool socks, a waterproof jacket, a hat, and garden gloves (to avoid stinging nettles).
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This supplement features 1000mg of pure saw palmetto extract, along with pumpkin seed powder, zinc oxide, quercetin dihydrate, green tea extract, and stinging nettle root.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2023
  • As grandmother imparts her wisdom about the plants’ connection with phežúta — medicines — and the importance of giving thanks for their bounty, the pair sings a special song to stinging nettle, chokecherry, red clover, milkweed, elderberry, and golden rod.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Monarchs require other flowering plants for food, such as common tidytips, stinging nettle and Lacy phacelia that River Partners is planting along with milkweed, which will also help create habitat for other pollinators, including bees.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2021

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