How to Use peat in a Sentence

peat

noun
  • The United States, on the other hand, hasn’t banned the use of peat.
    Brianna Wilson, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The peat and duff of the forest floor began to smolder.
    Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
  • For centuries, the Irish have used peat from bogs to fuel the home fires.
    Ed O'Loughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • For days after, my hair and my clothes reeked of peat bog.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Avoid heavy clay soils, and amend with grit or peat if needed.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • As a result of the fighting and shelling, large peat fires occur time and again.
    Thomas Krumenacker, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
  • During the pause in between, the stage is covered in a thick layer of peat.
    Marina Harss, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Ardbeg’s single malts have all of these notes, but there’s much more to it than just peat.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
  • Along with the tastes of Ireland, visitors can take home the aroma of the country with pieces of peat.
    cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
  • One in seven Irish households still burn peat for heat.
    Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The neat peat pots can sit on the window sill or on a countertop and will pack a punch for any homemade meals.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Inside the cube are a few seeds, a starter peat pot and a mini-booklet of instructions and lore.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The Glen Affric tartan was discovered in a peat bog in the Scottish Highlands in the 1980s.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • These include juniper berries, birch bark, heather flowers and, yes, a little bit of peat in the mix as well.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The peat soil produced in tidal wetlands can stay stable for many thousands of years.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The nose has minimal peat, with notes of vanilla, citrus and spiced pear leading the way.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The mastodon's fossil was first found on a farm in 1998 by Kent and Janne Buesching, who were mining for peat on their property.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 June 2022
  • Tasting notes include ripe fruit and peat smoke on the palate followed by stone fruit, melon and charred heather.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The fabric was found almost 40 years ago in a peat bog — a type of wetland — in the Glen Affric valley, 15 miles west of Loch Ness.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • An orchid mix made with one-part peat, one-part coarse sand, and one-part perlite also works.
    Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2023
  • On the palate, the peat increases along with notes of grape, watermelon, vanilla, and even a bit of saline.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
  • The peat that mangroves form is especially soft and deep, ideal for clams and snails, crabs and shrimp.
    Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • But peat comes from peat bogs—unique wetland ecosystems which should not be disturbed.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Melness, made of nothing but mountains and peat and sea and weather, was a tranquil place.
    WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The fires burn away the top layer of moss and grass, and burn into the peat, which is a dense layer of ancient plant material.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Emissions then continue for decades, until all the peat is gone.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Also known as peat moss, sphagnum mosses carpet the ground in marshes, moors and peat bogs.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Most of these are made from peat or paper and are designed to gradually break down over time.
    Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Eventually, the objects sank, hidden and entombed, in more than six feet of oozing peat and silt.
    Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The oldest distillery on Islay, dating back to 1779, Bowmore uses peat to malt its barley.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

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