nourish
Example Sentences
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Last week, I wrote about the overuse of the slang-suffix “-maxxing” in nutritional spaces, underscoring why the rhetoric we use to define how we nourish ourselves matters so greatly.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
That has been exacerbated, she said, by homeowners’ failure to comply with terms of the original permit, which required them to provide sand to cover the geotubes—sand that would naturally erode and nourish other beaches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
These microbes generate metabolic byproducts that nourish intestinal cells and support their normal function.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
"We often go to all the exhibitions that nourish us and lift our spirits."
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Those hunters would regularly set fire to the prairie to keep it free of trees and nourish the soil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Vocabulary lists containing nourish
Motherlode: A Mother's Day Lexicon
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Mother's Day Words: What Mothers Do
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