poultice

Example Sentences

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I was a middle-class kid from New Jersey, but like a poultice, this ancient, colonized country drew out an answering difference from my bones.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

Dampen the stone, apply the poultice a half-inch thick, then cover it with plastic and tape down the edges.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

If the stains look lighter but aren’t gone, repeat the poultice procedure.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

Benrejdal later returned and applied a make-shift poultice of takeaway leftovers to the arm.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2017

But as soon as Mama had wrapped his hands in a poultice of mashed-up prickly-pear root to draw out the poison, Little Arliss forgot all about his hurt.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson