How to Use wheatgrass in a Sentence

wheatgrass

noun
  • Some find that adding it to vinaigrette dressings, miso soups, stir-fries, or wheatgrass can conceal its smell and taste.
    — Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Brown crafted their lush perches by planting wheatgrass in julep cups two weeks before the party.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But researchers have now found a protective gene in a wild relative called wheatgrass.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Ten days to two weeks before Easter, sprinkle wheatgrass seeds on top and water well.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Her conclusion was that the green tea was beneficial to the wheatgrass.
    — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Consider the house made bread with wheatgrass butter—slathered on a piece of seeded sourdough that is as pillowy as a down comforter.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wire together faux twigs and vines to form a handle, then add floral water vials to both sides of the basket to hold the tulips and tuck in faux wheatgrass.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
  • What’s the difference between wheatgrass powder and fresh wheatgrass?
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
  • They’re filled with an innovative wheatgrass called Kernza, backed up and waiting to go somewhere.
    — Jennifer Bjorhus, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The gene originated in a benign fungus that lives inside wild grasses, then somehow slipped into the wheatgrass genome.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The addition of wheatgrass and kale extracts offer a brightening effect.
    — Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Instead of turning it up, some women prefer dialing it down, swapping shots of Fireball with those of wheatgrass juice.
    — Stephanie Cain, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Fast-forward 18 months and the bruised stuntman is single, depressed and working as a valet who regularly takes wheatgrass shots.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Pair wheatgrass with lemon, ginger, or pineapple to create more flavorful combinations.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The $100 starter kit comes with a 3 gallon tank, a water pump, gravel for the floor of the tank, grow stones for the planter tray, and packets of wheatgrass and radish seeds.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2017
  • With bottling, the spa could come to you, and so seltzer became the luxury-healing hybrid, like the 19th-century version of wheatgrass shots.
    — Rachel Sugar, Vox, 29 July 2019
  • The duo has been digging into this matter for several years, and Wowsugi has sought to monitor the results of punk rock on growing wheatgrass.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Curious kids can grow a terrarium environment from seed in only 3-4 days, thanks to quick-growing chia seeds and wheatgrass.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 8 July 2025
  • In the last half-century, beverages ranging from Ovaltine to wheatgrass juice had their moments as praised nutritional supplements.
    — Louise Dixon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There’s one Chaco style called Montana Pastures, which is a pastoral kind of green representing a bunch of wheatgrass, more of the plains area of Montana.
    — Alex Frank, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
  • Some of the most common ingredients in wellness shots include ginger, turmeric, apple cider vinegar, acerola cherry, elderberry, wheatgrass, and green tea.
    — Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Green Goodness features gin, wheatgrass, cucumber and melon juice, while the Pisco Morada is made with purple corn, pineapple, lime and spices.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
  • According to the Amazon product listing, each gummy is packed with 8 powerful greens, including spinach, wheatgrass and spirulina, plus blue green algae, aloe vera, chlorella and barley grass.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • According to the Amazon product listing, each gummy is packed with 8 powerful greens, including spinach, wheatgrass and spirulina, plus blue green algae, aloe vera, chlorella and barley grass.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • Flavoring agents aside, the powder delivers nutrients via a blend of grasses (like barley and wheatgrass), greens (think spinach, kale, broccoli, chlorella, spirulina, and cilantro), ashwaghandha, and prebiotics.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This popular health supplement contains a variety of wholesome ingredients including spirulina, chlorella, wheatgrass, and moringa.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • For me, this included a LOT of effort trying to convince myself that every moment of misery (wheatgrass and Pilates classes just don't do it for me) was inspirational.
    — Jes Baker, SELF, 26 June 2018
  • The short ingredient list contains some highly nutritious and antioxidant-rich plants like wheatgrass, moringa, chlorella, and spirulina, with no extra ingredients that could irritate a sensitive gut.
    — Miranda Galati, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Chamomile, Indian frankincense, and wheatgrass juice are some other botanical treatments that research has found to be safe and possibly beneficial among people with IBD.
    — Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Table arrangements by florist Milli Proust drew inspiration from the Persian haft-sin, incorporating elements like hyacinths, wheatgrass, and candles.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024

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