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How to use weedy in a sentence

24 example sentences · adjective

Weedy means abounding with weeds. Example: “She had weedy hair of that vague color which is neither brown nor blond, that hasn't enough life in it to be ginger, and isn't clean enough to be gray.”

Examples of weedy by meaning

adjectiveAbounding with weeds.

  • a weedy garden

adjectiveOf, relating to or resembling weeds.

  • She had weedy hair of that vague color which is neither brown nor blond, that hasn't enough life in it to be ginger, and isn't clean enough to be gray.1940, Raymond Chandler, chapter 5, in Farewell, My Lovely

adjectiveCharacteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of...

  • a weedy species
  • a weedy vine

adjectiveSmall and weak.

  • a weedy lad
  • He was weedy, nearly a head taller than I, but fifty pounds lighter.1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 2, in Red Harvest

adjectiveLacking power or effectiveness.

  • a weedy excuse
  • a weedy attempt
  • a weedy motor

More sentences with weedy

  • Use purple three-awn grass to replace the overused, invasive non-native weedy Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima).2016, Greg Rubin, Lucy Warren, The Drought-Defying California Garden, Portland: Timber Press, published 2021, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry non-native
  • The usual show-goer, who knows little of such dogs and their work, would call them 'weedy.2013, The Skye Terrier - A Complete Anthology of the Dog, →ISBN. From the entry show-goer
  • Weedy, legumey notes on the nose are offset slightly by cream and flour.2002, Wine Enthusiast, page 78. From the entry legumey
  • The boat sped up my throat and I caught it in a weedy thrash of my hair.2001 03, Victoria Redel, Loverboy. From the entry uppy
  • Smells old before its time, with leathery, nutty aromas; weedy, pickley flavors.1989, Wine Spectator, page 57. From the entry pickley
  • Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.1961, William Sansom, The Last Hours of Sandra Lee, page 229. From the entry firbound
  • The Swedish Reform Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories.1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC…. From the entry sloughy
  • A little scalloped cove where weedy creatures Trail in and out, wish-washing on the tide .1910, Florence Converse, A Masque of Sibyls, page 31. From the entry wish-wash
  • My gaze turned to the weedy seadragon, which was, I had to agree with Mr Hung, a magnificent creature.2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 43. From the entry weedy sea dragon
  • The palms of TV looked especially welcome as the plane clumpered down on a hazy tarmac in a greenish, weedy field.1991, Alexander Buzo, Prue Flies North, page 68. From the entry clumper
  • Careful search revealed only a deserted or incompleted nest, and I continued until I came to a weedy stretch.1914, Arthur A Allen, "At home with a Hell-Diver". in Bird-Lore, volume XVI, number 4. From the entry water-witch
  • Birds of many kinds skimmed the weedy flats.1912, Zane Grey, chapter 3, in Ken Ward in the Jungle, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 31. From the entry aigrette
  • Whatever special combination rabbitat is, the Prairie Home Area's small fields, weedy field borders, brush piles and cover plantings fit the bill pretty well.1985, Missouri Conservationist, Volume 46, page 13. From the entry rabbitat
  • Blossoms that flower atop willowy weedy stems such as forget-me-nots, delphiniums, and gauras should be thought of as two-dayers; they don't draw water well or retain preservatives.1996, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Full bloom: thoughts from an opinionated gardener, page 66. From the entry dayer
  • At last a certain merchant purchased the weedy little garden in the center of the Old Quarter and built godowns and shops upon its flower beds.1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXXIII, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196. From the entry godown

Meaning of weedy

  1. adjective Abounding with weeds.
  2. adjective Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
  3. adjective Consisting of weeds.

Full definition of weedy

Questions about weedy in a sentence

How do you use weedy in a sentence?
Weedy is used as an adjective. For example: “She had weedy hair of that vague color which is neither brown nor blond, that hasn't enough life in it to be ginger, and isn't clean enough to be gray.”
What is a short sentence with weedy?
“a weedy attempt”
What does weedy mean?
Weedy means abounding with weeds.

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