horehound
Example Sentences
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That’s probably why I like this example from a classic Washington vineyard: big plum, cassis, horehound candy, unapologetic tannins.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2018
He cared for the dying with medical attention, horehound candy and rice pudding, soothing caresses, and poetry.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 17, 2017
The lake was layered with sweet flag, sedge, lilies, horehound, bulrush and buckbean.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2016
Plus, almost anything that might make it more difficult for forensic labs to pry it all apart: alfalfa, comfrey leaf, passionflower, horehound, etc.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2012
Time after time, it dipped in and out of the candy counter: peppermint sticks, jawbreakers, horehound, and gumdrops.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
