briar

Example Sentences

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Roses have thorns, and this superbloom has briars too.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2023

They travelled through "woods and thickets, working through thorns and briars," Mr Showalter said.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2021

GLENDALE, Ariz. — When the gnarled yearlong trail of North Carolina finally curled to its prettiest peak, it figured the last steps would brim with bricks, briars and clutter.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2017

Prince Charming hacked his way through the briars to wake Sleeping Beauty.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2016

Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis