How to Use spurge in a Sentence

spurge

noun

• Your two weeds are spotted spurge in the first picture and pearlwort in the second picture.
  — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
• Or a basic-but-not-boring trench and a totally out-of-this-world, definition-of-spurge-worthy bag?
  — Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
• Spotted spurge thrives in nutrient-poor, dry, even sandy soil, often compacted or disturbed.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• Flowering spurge, a great baby’s-breath accent by itself, can turn a wonderful orange or scarlet.
  — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• The same plantings from the courtyard—including Jerusalem sage, upright myrtle spurge, and lavender—were repeated throughout the property.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
• Casting aside the holiday glow, the poinsettia is nothing but a fancy spurge with a very descriptive scientific name.
  — Dave Taft, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2017
• Mulches applied to the proper depth will help reduce problems with annual weeds that grow from seeds, such as chamberbitters, spurge, annual bluegrass and chickweed.
  — NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2017
• Invasives mainly on roadsides: Cutleaf teasel, wild parsnip,spotted knapweed, phragmites, leafy spurge, Canada thistle and crown vetch.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2017
• Be careful not to confuse mountain spurge with similar-looking Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis), which is invasive.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
• Readers immediately identified the culprit in several small clusters of yellow flowers over rubbery, succulent stems and leaves: Myrtle spurge.
  — Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024