Get to know Sweetgrass better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Sweetgrass in a sentence
Sweetgrass meaning
- mannagrass, in genus Glyceria
- Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America
- Muhlenbergia filipes, a grass native to the southeastern United States
Using Sweetgrass
- The main meaning on this page is: mannagrass, in genus Glyceria | Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America | Muhlenbergia filipes, a grass native to the southeastern United States
- In the example corpus, sweetgrass often appears in combinations such as: the sweetgrass.
Context around Sweetgrass
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sweetgrass
- In this selection, "sweetgrass" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, swapped and first stand out and add context to how "sweetgrass" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include motsé eonȯtse sweetgrass one of and musseau swapped sweetgrass for plastic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sweetgrass" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sweetgrass
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Artist Meagan Musseau swapped sweetgrass for plastic for this basket. (10 words)
He was named for motsé'eonȯtse ( sweetgrass ), one of the sacred plant medicines used by many Plains peoples in ceremmonies. (20 words)
The wind blows along the highway, as other members of the group surround the impromptu ceremony with signs, so the sweetgrass can be ignited. (24 words)
Sloan-Hunter said hospital staff had a hard time getting the infection under control, so she called on a Cree medicine woman from Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan to help her. (31 words)
The wind blows along the highway, as other members of the group surround the impromptu ceremony with signs, so the sweetgrass can be ignited. (24 words)
He was named for motsé'eonȯtse ( sweetgrass ), one of the sacred plant medicines used by many Plains peoples in ceremmonies. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Sloan-Hunter said hospital staff had a hard time getting the infection under control, so she called on a Cree medicine woman from Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan to help her.
The wind blows along the highway, as other members of the group surround the impromptu ceremony with signs, so the sweetgrass can be ignited.
Artist Meagan Musseau swapped sweetgrass for plastic for this basket.
He was named for motsé'eonȯtse ( sweetgrass ), one of the sacred plant medicines used by many Plains peoples in ceremmonies.
Common combinations with sweetgrass
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: