Sentence examples for break the stem from inspiring English sources

Keens's custom holds that when a member dies, friends and family ceremoniously break the stem of his or her churchwarden so that it can never be smoked again.

They tend to be tall, long-branched, and leggy, and, at best, you get half a dozen good fruits on a plant; some are so heavy that they break the stem.

Curve the stem around the fish bowl while being very careful not to break the stem.

It should break the stem, and the apple will fall in the net.

Once you have found the jewel weed, break the stem in half.

Even though you need to be careful not to break the stem, you can manipulate a live plant just like a cut flower.

Determinate tomato plants are stubbier, with somewhat rigid stalks that issue all their fruit at once, which could weigh down and break the stems if hanging upside down.

If it appears to be flowering, break the stems off to slow down this process.

Once you've run out of stem to weave, secure the three ends together by tying a knot, if possible, or using a bit of string instead if you want to make sure not to break the stems.

Finally the American lady makes her a gift of the set but before she sends the glasses over she neatly breaks the stem on each one.

However, in the presence of a target DNA, the hybridization between the loop moiety and the target broke the stem duplex.