How to Use fibrous in a Sentence

fibrous

adjective

• He had surgery to remove fibrous scar tissue in his knee.
• Scoop out and discard all the seeds and fibrous strings.
  — Ben Mims, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• This is the fibrous stuff that covers the nut of a coconut.
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Strip, but don’t discard, the fibrous spines of kale and chard.
  — Sunset Magazine, 26 Mar. 2020
• Cut off the top third, and trim any fibrous stem from the base with a paring knife.
  — Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2022
• Off with the woody green top, along with all the dry, fibrous outer leaves!
  — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• Some of the ash pieces almost look fibrous, like pieces of black string.
  — Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• And meat replaced fibrous beans and lentils as the main source of protein in many parts of the world.
  — Julia Belluz, Vox, 15 July 2019
• Some varieties of green beans have a fibrous bit that runs along the edge of the bean.
  — Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
• If the skin seems fibrous and tough, peel the thickest sections.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
• The surf school has golf carts and a fibrous beach wheelchair to transport students to and from the beach.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
• For heavy weeds and fibrous stalks, use a string trimmer.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
• In these children, the lens of the eye is replaced by a cloudy fibrous tissue.
  — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
• There was a jackfruit pozole that used the dense, fibrous fruit to mimic the taste of pork.
  — Eric Ginsburg, Bon Appétit, 21 Nov. 2019
• Yes, plant fibers can sometimes do the job, though many fibrous species aren’t very strong.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 12 Oct. 2020
• The result was a fibrous green and tangy dip, bhang ki chutney.
  — Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024
• Strips of tofu skin, steamed together in the nori, are dead ringers for the fibrous flesh of a tilapia.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Quarter papayas and scoop out seeds and fibrous bits with a soup spoon.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• The labrum is fibrous tissue that deepens the glenoid (socket) to help hold the humeral head (ball) in place.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2017
• The green smoothie setting yields a smooth and creamy texture with no sign of fibrous kale or spinach.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2022
• Though the woody parts of the stems are too tough and fibrous to chop (only the leaves are usable), the soft, flexible tips can be chopped up with the leaves.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
• Fronds were used for roofing and the fibrous threads from the leaves were woven into baskets and rope.
  — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
• The next phase is removal, with hand tools, of fibrous wood, to form the pole’s general features.
  — Ron Judd, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• Its leaves are fibrous, used for weaving, and people would cook it to get sugar out of it.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
• With kale and collards, the thick fibrous stems are removed, as are thicker spinach stems.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
• The body needs vitamin C to form collagen which is the fibrous protein part of the bone.
  — chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• The fibrous tissue helps to hold the breast in place while the glandular tissues are what produce and store breast milk.
  — Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• The fibrous veggie soaks up the sweet vinaigrette in a mellow way, and the cubes of mango give the dish even more of a sugar factor.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 26 July 2017
• Grazers eat more fibrous objects, such as grasses, and consume plants and stalks, which are less palatable (to deer).
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
• As well, the fibrous strands that connect the seeds to the gourd are also tough and unappealing to eat, though they can be used to make nutritious and flavorful stock.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024