How to Use weed out in a Sentence

weed out

verb
  • Pull weeds out by the roots or cut off the top growth with a hoe.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Mulch is the most common tool used to keep weeds out.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • Do your best to weed out the people who stir the pot.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
  • The soil in the bed is mulched to keep moisture in and weeds out.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The objective is to dig each weed out by the root.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 16 May 2026
  • This helped the team weed out trippy compounds.
    — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That will weed out the frauds, freeloaders and slumlords.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Some industry players have pushed to weed out the bad apples, too.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That gives you the ability to weed out those people who’d yell at you in advance.
    — Kristen Arnett, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • Keeping weeds out of your garden helps to reduce pest issues.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Washington pols on both sides of the aisle need to tighten oversight and weed out fraud in its nascent stages.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That level of cold weeds out all but the most dedicated anglers.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
  • In other words, limonene can also help keep unwanted critters and weeds out of the garden.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 9 June 2026
  • The postseason has a way of weeding out the groups with clear deficiencies.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There were a lot of religious people who felt that this was God’s way of weeding out all the gay people.
    — Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The filter of peer review, meant to weed out subpar science, tends to be more porous with special issues.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And if you are attached to your vinyl collection, weed out albums that are damaged or that no longer interest you.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • Shop below for more convenient gardening tools to keep your garden growing and weeds out of it all summer long.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • Moderators can swoop in after the comments are already published and weed out the ones that do not align with the rules of the platform.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Taking the time to do your due diligence by pulling the perennial weeds out at the root will make a big difference in the health of your garden or lawn.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • What later became clear is that that very feature could also weed out errors and address outright vandalism.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Harvesting some that are underripe helps weed out competition for mature berries.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Overseeding is a regular part of cool-season grass maintenance to keep weeds out and promote a lush, beautiful lawn.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Finally, mulch is essential for protecting soil by keeping water in and weeds out, everyone agreed.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In cool season lawns, overseeding is part of the regular maintenance program to keep weeds out and promote a lush, beautiful lawn.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Dropping off signatures is a way to highlight a candidate's support and can weed out flailing campaigns from serious ones.
    — Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • According to the team, more research is needed to weed out how other variables affect the adolescent microbiome.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
  • That being said, there are a few ways to organize your photo collection, weed out any unnecessary shots, and protect your favorites.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This later became Micro1, and his screening tool was used to track down, weed out and test all kinds of experts for training AI.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The mother, who asked to remain anonymous, saw a young man snatch a large bag of weed out a rival’s hands moments before shots rang out on Southern Blvd.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026

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