How to Use wean in a Sentence

wean

verb

• The calves are weaned at an early age.
• Shock — or the desire to shock — is hard to wean off of.
  — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
• As the West tries to quit all things Russian, oil seems to be the hardest thing to wean itself off of.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022
• Bat colonies then must remain untouched until the pups are weaned and able to fly in the fall.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
• Take things slow to wean your body off of added sugar and focus on one step at a time.
  — Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping, 24 Feb. 2020
• Pups of all ages, from newborns to the fully weaned, lay dead or dying at the high-tide line.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• Biden’s plan aims to wean the country off of fossil fuels.
  — Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2020
• One fall, an ex-boyfriend convinced me to wean myself off Zoloft.
  — Bel Banta, Health.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Hammes said the IQAir report is even more reason for the world to wean off fossil fuel.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
• In any case, in Smil’s view the world could take many decades to wean itself off fossil fuels.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Oct. 2021
• The essential premise, for those not weaned on the show, is straightforward.
  — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2020
• Most babies are weaned from their moms within four months.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
• And in the lion, the appearance of this tooth at ten months of age signals the end of the weaning period.
  — Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• That may help explain why it’s been hard thus far for the state to wean itself off of natural gas.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• But, despite its name, what the bill does to wean the U.S. off of carbon is much more important.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
• The new dose controlled his blood glucose well, and so our new goal was to wean him fully off of insulin.
  — Ricardo Nuila, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• For those of us who are still wedded to meat, the question is how to wean ourselves off eating quite so much of it.
  — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2021
• That is meant to help wean the country from fossil fuels.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• The attempt to wean herself off to save money nearly killed her.
  — USA Today, 6 Apr. 2021
• Taylor Swift fans are the demographic that all the big hotel groups want to wean off Airbnb.
  — Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• The West is choking Russia with sanctions and vowing to wean itself from its oil and gas.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• But the tools existed to wean them out, and the balance of good versus bad tended to tip toward the former.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Baby opossums will stay with the mom until they are weaned after about four months.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• To wean yourself off of soft drinks, said Dr. Jhin, start watering them down, which will cut down on the sugar and calories.
  — Anne Harding, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
• The European Union began the process of weaning itself off Russian oil and gas.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• And most of Europe managed to wean itself off Russian gas.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Despite this full-court press by the West, the real test will be whether Europe can wean itself off Russian gas.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2022
• There may be some folks who can wean themselves off these medications, but many will need to stay on at least a low dose.
  — Women's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
• Any tips on how to avoid reverting to overreliance on the pacifier, or ideas on how to wean?
  — The Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2020
• The best way to wean the economy off burning carbon for energy is to put a tax on carbon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024