briery
Example Sentences
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The result is a briery, humor-speckled portrait of a roughhewn U.S. eccentric who lived only for the kill.
From Time Magazine Archive
His drawling, "God-gifted" voice has been variously described as "warty," "briery," "wood-raspy," and even "like a shoebox full of bullfrogs."
From Time Magazine Archive
The empire was briery threatened last spring when a Corsican hood named Michel Defendin loudly announced his intention of "conquering the Place Pigalle."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is social, yet not averse to solitude, singing often in groups, and as often by itself in the furze brake, or on the briery knoll.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
Threading the briery dell, and following the brook that prattled down the steep slope, I climbed the hill which directly overhangs the hamlet.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
