How to Use diseased in a Sentence

diseased

adjective
  • If stems are diseased, cut them back but leave any green growth at the base.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Is the only way to stop bird flu to kill off all diseased birds?
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Dig and destroy diseased plants, roots and all.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rather than compost the old, diseased plants, put them in the green waste.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The ones that do attend look slightly used and very diseased.
    — Bob Larsen, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Remove any diseased fruit from the tree and the ground beneath the tree.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Only prune to cut out dead or diseased branches.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
  • One of them concerns adding diseased plants to your compost pile.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 June 2026
  • Toss it all in your compost pile (except for diseased plants).
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 17 June 2020
  • Those trees, however, turned out to be diseased and were burned.
    — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • With leaf spot or powdery mildew, hand-pick and throw out diseased foliage.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Then, be sure to throw away any diseased foliage rather than adding it to your compost pile.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Remove weeds, dead or diseased plants, and debris.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Remove dead or diseased canes while pruning.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • In people with cancer, that attack is aimed at the diseased cells.
    — Markham Heid, TIME, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The caveat to that statement is, there are still very few of them even in very old and very diseased tissue.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2022
  • Yes, the organ had looked diseased, but a biopsy would need to confirm that.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Do not place the diseased plants in your compost pile to help prevent the spread of the fungi.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
  • Avoid diseased plants or weeds that have gone to seed, and skip plastic, glass or anything that won’t break down.
    — Jessica Damiano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Prune any wild or unruly shoots and remove any dead or diseased areas to keep the plant healthy.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
  • Prune away dead and diseased branches, cutting down to green tissue.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, diseased parts should be removed quickly to preserve the health of the rest of your plant.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Key Takeaways Clear the soil of diseased plants and weeds, then rake it flat.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Just snip away dead, damaged, or diseased branches to keep these shrubs looking trim.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 13 June 2026
  • Remove any broken or diseased limbs.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Avoid adding diseased and invasive plants.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Remove dead, damaged, or diseased leaves.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Fever is the mark of eros; the decay of a diseased body signifies life itself.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pruning to get rid of damaged or diseased branches can be done anytime.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • People thought the work itself was diseased and were burning it and throwing it on the street.
    — Max McCormack, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023

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