nettles
Example Sentences
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Zookeepers then pivot to old-fashioned tracking, braving thickets of brambles and stinging nettles in search of footprints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Preparations for the competition have been taking place all week; trimming away nettles, picking up litter and cutting the grass.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
He also had to work to sustain the voracious creatures, foraging daily for nettles to feed them.
From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2024
Cook freezes them in ice cube trays, using them as sauce starters or in pesto, while Herrera makes cream of nettle soup by blending nettles with baked potatoes, milk, butter, garlic and concentrated chicken broth.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Blackberry led the way to the trampled patch of nettles and Fiver sat still among them, sniffing and looking about him in the silence.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
