briery
Example Sentences
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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
The result is a briery, humor-speckled portrait of a roughhewn U.S. eccentric who lived only for the kill.
From Time Magazine Archive
John Singletree was a dark-eyed, sharp-eyed, wiry, briery boy.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated by Various
Birds are singing fu' blythe and cheery, The flow'rs are fair and the leaves are green; Bonnie lassie, on bank sae briery, And the rose is sweet in the dew at e'en.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
