Examples of “wort” in a Sentence

noun A plant, especially one used for food or medicine — often the second half of a plant's name, as in "St. John's wort."

• Two saints are credited with giving St. John's wort its name. One was St. John of Jerusalem, who used the wort (plant) during the crusades to heal his knights' battlefield wounds, and the other was John the Baptist. — Victoria Zak, A Modern Herbal Tea Garden (1999)
• Herbalists have used liverwort for centuries.

noun The sweet liquid extracted from mashed malt or grain before it's fermented into beer or whisky.

• The brewer checked the wort's sugar level before adding yeast.
• Making the wort with nothing but barley malt and hot water is the standard method in Germany, and in many U.S. microbreweries. — Harold McGee, Wine, Beer, and Distilled Spirits (2004)