How to Use herbicide in a Sentence

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• Set the nozzle to a fairly fine mist and coat the leaves with the herbicide just to the point of runoff.
  — Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
• This is so the herbicide sticks to the weeds and enters the foliage.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• The weeds don't absorb and translocate the herbicides in the heat.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 22 June 2024
• This is a good time of year to cut your buckthorns down and treat the stumps with an herbicide.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2020
• Look for a herbicide made for your lawn type that lists sedge.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024
• It's made with yellow peas that are free from glyphosate, the herbicide found in Roundup.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2022
• This herbicide is translocated through the weed to kill it – roots and all.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2023
• As such, herbicide use can be more effective at this time of the year.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2022
• Young poison ivy plants should be treated with an herbicide in the spring, when the plants are small.
  — Mike Hogan, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
• Apply the herbicide with a pump sprayer in a fine droplet pattern.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• This is the perfect time to use an herbicide to eliminate the weeds.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2022
• Let all the weed seeds germinate and grow for a few days and then spray them all out with a glyphosate herbicide (e.g. Roundup).
  — Kym Pokorny, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
• Grassy weeds are growing in a ground cover and a friend told me to use the Image herbicide.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2021
• They can be sprayed with an herbicide, but a more long-lasting solution is to pull the plants up by the roots.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
• Use your mower and the herbicide Weed Free Zone to keep the spring weeds under control.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2021
• If this is a one-time herbicide drift the tree will probably be healthy again next year.
  — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2021
• Spot treat with a selective herbicide that won’t kill the grass, too.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
• The only way to beat the invasive seed bank would be to use a pre-emergent herbicide.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2022
• The best way to control a big outbreak of crabgrass in your lawn is to use a pre-emergent herbicide in spring.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
• But the court said the standards were often ignored, and the EPA, in its 2018 approval, failed to acknowledge the risks posed by the herbicide.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 3 June 2020
• The bad news is that the military has used the mountain to store vast amounts of radioactive herbicide.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• The council passed a bill Wednesday to ban the use of 30 herbicides over four years, West Hawaii Today reports.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
• The Plant Board voted on May 3 to allow dicamba's use through June 30 across the top of crops tolerant of the herbicide.
  — Stephen Steed, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2021
• His unit built roads, and part of the process was to spray herbicide along the roadway to kill thick foliage the enemy could use for cover.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 31 May 2021
• The instructions also say to apply the herbicide just to the suckers, not to the soil or other nearby plants.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
• Spray it with a broadleaf herb herbicide, such as glyphosate, 2,4-D +dicamba or 2,4-D +triclopyr.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 July 2023
• The herbicide will kill the grass, including the roots, without injuring the broad-leafed plants.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 9 July 2020
• Another contact herbicide that is easy to use and works very well is Cut Vine and Stump Killer.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 7 May 2021
• Some recommend buying herbicide, cutting all stems to the ground, and painting the ends with glyphosate.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
• Broadleaf weeds can be selectively controlled with herbicides that will eliminate the weeds without hurting the good grass.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024