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

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

Walnut, and the herbs black horehound and white horehound.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 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