How to Use sugarcane in a Sentence

sugarcane

noun
  • Kagan had chopped a stalk of sugarcane in half.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The land was fit for sugarcane fields, but little else.
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • But the cachaça, made of sugarcane juice, is not such a big leap from rum, made from molasses.
    — Hilary Armstrong, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • It is crafted from a blend of fresh sugarcane juice and molasses.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • One farmer is growing sugarcane a few miles south in the Lecompte area.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The child, found mauled in a sugarcane field, died on the way to hospital.
    — CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Cachaça, made of sugarcane and beloved in Brazil, is the spirit to start with.
    — Brittany Leitner, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2024
  • It’s garnished with an orange wheel, sugarcane stick, and fresh mint.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • What if farmers could grow sugarcane in a matter of seconds, not days or weeks?
    — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Cane sugar comes from the stalk of the sugarcane plant, a tropical grass.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Kagan handed out slices of the sugarcane, so that his students could touch and taste it.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Think crispy prawn toast on Chinese donuts and sugarcane beef wrapped in betel leaves.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There was one main road with shops, and then branching lanes with houses facing sugarcane fields.
    — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • This way, the chimpanzees would have less incentive to raid his sugarcane fields.
    — Vladan Shir, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
  • For five years the shipmates labored in the cotton, rice, and sugarcane fields.
    — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Grape, corn, and sugarcane distillates make for a balanced blend that can be sipped straight.
    — Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Plus the cable, which is a bit short, is 40 percent corn and sugarcane.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • For a special touch, garnish with sugarcane sticks.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
  • Back then, this was a sprawling two thousand acre plot, ripe with the sugarcane that held its destiny.
    — Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The sugarcane grew back, ships and homes were hammered back together.
    — Tristram Korten, Smithsonian, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Acres of sugarcane dominate the landscape here, not palm trees.
    — Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The bottle is made out of sugarcane and there are refill stations around the resort.
    — Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Pour the lemonade into high ball glasses and garnish with lemon slices and fresh sugarcane sticks.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That area had once been used for sugarcane farming, according to state records, and was now fallow fields.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • For skin-care purposes, it can also be derived from olives, rice bran, wheat germ, sugarcane, or palm trees.
    — Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
  • So how does one become Bad Bunny sugarcane grass?
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Hidden inside the sugarcane grass beside him were humans hired to stand there in costume.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Since cachaça is fermented from sugarcane plants, the liquor carries earthy, grassy, or (when aged) spicy or fruity flavors.
    — Brittany Leitner, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The group said González had been accused of burning a sugarcane field with no evidence.
    — Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • The islanders kept chickens and grew taro, yams, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, and bananas.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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