bramble

"They're grazing on bramble, we're already seeing a bit of an early autumn, and it won't be long before sweet chestnuts are beginning to fall, so there is plenty of food for them."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

The halls had the vague animal smell of damp mortar, and the grounds were overgrown with grass, bramble, and weeds.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Some locals think the capybara is thriving in her newfound independence, enjoying the hot summer from thick Hampshire brambles.

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

As he walked, Torak heard the soft piping of bullfinches eating the brambles; a nuthatch tapping a branch for grubs.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

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 Walter J. Buck

We knew not then how time passed, and could but dimly guess how things were going beyond the brambled copse in which we fought.

From In the Valley by Harold Frederic

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 Emma Lazarus

There are certain well-charted highroads where there were once only brambled trails.

From The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book by William F. (William Frederick) Bigelow

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 Gilbert White

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 Henry Morley