bramble

Example Sentences

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This year, while contemplating navigating the bramble of union strike rules about what’s promotable during Hollywood’s dual writer-actor stoppages, the longtime Humanitas Prizes for screenwriters encountered an additional complication.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

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

The team stocked the foraging area with blackberry bramble and filled the surrounding moat with water to help keep the ants contained.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Witnesses told the BBC they had seen teams searching through thick bramble, allotments and bins, while people living in the area were told to look out for anything unusual.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2023

Having crawled through a bramble bush for the prickly poppy, I was feeling a bit prickly myself just then.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool