How to Use frond in a Sentence

frond

noun
  • The green plate at the base of each new pup is the shield frond.
    — Mike Harrelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Pick the fronds from the stems, and save them for later.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The fronds emerge directly from the tops of the trunks.
    — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • Save the fennel fronds and use them to top the baked dish.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The cold may kill the growing point (which kills the tree), the fronds and damage the trunk.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Just a trio of palm fronds stuck in the dirt like tombstones.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The leaflets of the frond are attached on a petiole or stem.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
  • One, dressed in white, carries a frond of a lily of the valley.
    — cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Place the remaining dill fronds over the lamb to serve.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The stalks should be crisp, with feathery, bright-green fronds.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Chop the remaining fronds and add them to a small bowl.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In a small bowl, whisk juices, herbs, and fennel fronds.
    — Country Living, 4 Nov. 2010
  • The teacher takes notice and points to the top of the tree, where Princess' monkey is alone among the fronds.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Sounds of the big, flat palm fronds slapping in the breeze wormed into my ears.
    — Annabelle Dunne, Vogue, 17 June 2018
  • But planting the earth-friendly kelp fronds in the fall and plucking them in the spring is the easy part.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The packages had pictures of a bald eagle on the frond.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 20 June 2024
  • Palm trunks and fronds serve as roof rafters and thatch for houses built of adobe and mud.
    — Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Tuck a few fennel fronds along the sides and between the layers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2019
  • The fronds of celery provide shade for the arugula plants.
    — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2024
  • The problem is, the entire plant is toxic to dogs, cats and kids, from fronds to seeds.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Cars weave between palm fronds and live power lines, writhing in the wind.
    — Time, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Crowds left palm fronds and clothing in his path as a sign of praise and respect.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • From the balcony, the bay view is framed by the limbs of sprawling oaks and fringed by a border of palm fronds.
    — Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The fronds can be treated like herbs, so pick them off and save them for a garnish.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • For the herbs, use a mix of mint, dill, parsley, or chervil; fennel fronds work too.
    — Michelle McKenzie and Margo True, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Still, the pineapple-like shape, frond-like leaves and cones have been a mark of cycads for a very long time.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2022
  • This is one of the easier types to grow with long stems and feathery fronds.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Every day, Campbell herds the peafowl away from her house with a large palm frond.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Gales whipped the fronds into a frenzy, causing the tree to spray embers like a sprinkler.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This means that fronds should be cut flush with the trunk since frond stubs are platforms where flying embers can land.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025

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