bramble

For long stretches, Fish and I walked in the bike lane, or in the bramble by the side of the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Just off the road, a tall bramble of bushes and weeds grew so thick and thorny, even trained cadaver-sniffing dogs could barely penetrate it.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

First are light bites like venison tartare flecked with pickled garlic buds and served with bramble purée, and a seaweed “cornetto” filled with salmon belly tartare and salmon mousse.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

This lively red from the Beaujolais cru appellation of Morgon is rich with cherry and bramble flavors.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023

The Beanstalk died in a bramble of red tape!

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Zookeepers then pivot to old-fashioned tracking, braving thickets of brambles and stinging nettles in search of footprints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"They eat brambles like they are having supper."

From BBC ● May 18, 2025

We passed by apple, nectarine and pear trees, then blackberry brambles as large as a football field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Meanwhile, in nearby pastures and olive groves, the buildup of grasses, brush, and brambles was kept under control through a combination of livestock grazing, manual brush cutting, and occasional managed burning.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024

I hardly noticed the blackberries that glistened among the brambles.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

That face — all determination and brambled beard — still fronts much of the league’s promotional material, including its “Don’t Cross the Line” campaign, which is aimed at improving fans’ behaviour.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2017

For their crane had been left in a brambled hole, and they very soon rigged it out again.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

The road back to Nature is full of her own secrets, and few who have trod the streets of the city remember the brambled return, or care.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

One of the latter, in a thick brambled mancha, for some time defied the dogs, which declined to face him at close quarters.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Thy feet she leads to glittering peaks, while mine She guides midst brambled roadways.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma

Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean!

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert