How to Use wormwood in a Sentence

wormwood

noun
  • Artemisinin's, as they're called, are based on extracts from the sweet wormwood plant.
    — NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Michael asks, bitter as wormwood.
    — Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Its distinct flavor comes from an herb named wormwood.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • Tansy and wormwood stopped the bugs biting.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Marigolds, lemongrass, and wormwood are all plants snakes tend to avoid, says Turner.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026
  • But that was based on the assumption that all of the thujone in the wormwood ended up in the drink prepared from it.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2010
  • Back then, absinthe was a simpler recipe, consisting of just wine infused with wormwood.
    — John Debary, Bon Appétit, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The table is offered in either rustic wormwood or a darker ebony rustic.
    — Shannon Quimby, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The yeast eats sugar and, using the genetic code from the wormwood as a blueprint, spits out artemisinic acid, a precursor to the drug.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
  • Artemisinin is derived from sweet wormwood, a plant used in traditional Chinese remedies.
    — Time, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Berg and Proctor's final recipe includes the wormwood that's essential to vermouth and a half-dozen or so other herbs and such.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Named after the wormwood herb that grew wild there, the town had a modest population, a river that ran clear, and open land for camping and star-gazing.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 July 2019
  • The wormwood and also other plants used are considered good for digestion and stimulate the appetite.
    — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • In Europe, vermouths generally start with wormwood, an aromatic plant from which the word vermouth is said to have evolved.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 18 May 2017
  • So far, researchers have determined via pollen samples that the tomb’s occupants were rubbed with creams containing wormwood and goosefoot.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
  • And anyone can make their own botanical blend, sprinkling in citrus notes or spicy notes or notes straight out of a Hogwarts potions class (hello, wormwood).
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 June 2018
  • The key ingredients in absinthe are anise, fennel, and—most importantly—wormwood.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Luna Morada incorporates a mix of purple maize, wormwood, milk thistle and warming spices such as cinnamon and clove.
    — Rachel King, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Complementing the lavender is an array of medicinal and aromatic herbs that include chamomile, echinacea, sage and wormwood.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • In the new report, the biomedical engineers successfully stripped plant cells from parsley, peanut hairy roots and a species of wormwood in addition to spinach.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2017
  • At the core of it are herbs—grand wormwood, green anise, and fennel—that are infused and re-distilled and flavored usually with more herbs like angelica, star anise, licorice root, and others.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2024
  • At the core of it are herbs—grand wormwood, green anise, and fennel—that are infused and re-distilled and flavored usually with more herbs like angelica, star anise, licorice root, and others.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The reasons for the ban may have been due to its high levels of alcohol (72%) or the fact that thujone within wormwood is considered a neurotoxin.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Ten botanicals, including white turmeric, almond, wormwood flowers, and bergamot.
    — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • One way for producers to adapt is to derive their products into Western chemical forms, like Tu Youyou did with sweet wormwood.
    — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Malört, the Swedish word for wormwood, is the ingredient that gives the spirit its notoriously unsavory flavor.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Absinthe is prepared by crushing and dissolving the herb wormwood in unflavoured neutral alcohol and then distilling the result; other herbs and spices are added later for taste and colour.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2010
  • The whiskey collection features unique whiskey infusions with wormwood and other experimental spirits.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The ingredients vary, but generally include quinine, wormwood, citrus peel, vanilla, gentian root, thyme, ginger, and baking spices.
    — Jason Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Consider lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina), catnips (Nepeta), santolina and wormwood (Artemisia).
    — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 10 Mar. 2017

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