thicket

noun

thick·et ˈthi-kət

Synonyms of thicket next

: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse

: something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle

a political thicket

a thicket of reporters

thickety

ˈthi-kə-tē

adjective

Example Sentences

a dense thicket of rosebushes flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows

Recent Examples on the Web How did we Americans become trapped in this thicket of lies, mistrust, and division? —

Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2022 Native plants require less water than exotics and also harbor more fauna: your birds, your bees, a mother duck that recently warmed its eggs in a thicket of white sage that Kwong had planted at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert. —

Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 But legislation to close the patent-thicket loopholes has yet to pass. —

Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 14 Dec. 2022 Framed by two trickling creeks and a thicket of trees, the course is a picturesque swath of green a short walk from Main Street. —

Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022 The debate around repurposing the old tracks and the thicket that has grown around them highlights the increasing complexity of managing public space in a crowded city. —

Winnie Hu, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2022 Unfortunately, the report mostly downplays one of the best solutions — reducing the thicket of unnecessary regulations that so frustrates doctors, nurses, and administrators. —

Sally Pipes, Forbes, 20 June 2022 Kyle Schwarber crushed a 98 mph slider beyond the center field fence and the ball disappeared into a thicket of English ivy, Arborvitae, Holly, and other evergreen flourishing as the greenery backdrop at Citizens Bank Park. —

Dan Gelston, ajc, 27 Oct. 2022 Aqua Tower, the 82-story Chicago high-rise completed in 2010 that introduced Studio Gang to the world, shares a liquid mobility with the weeble-wobbles, shimmying in place amid a thicket of buildings overlooking Lake Michigan and Millennium Park. —

Sarah Medford, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022 See More

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