How to Use thicket in a Sentence

thicket

noun
  • Blow downs, tree stumps, and thickets along deer trails all fit the bill.
    Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Its large, thorny stems creep out from the base of the plant to form a thicket.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Dense thickets of thorny branches slashed their arms and legs.
    Lauren Markham, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2018
  • White and the child were found in a thicket just over one hour later.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Wedged into the crevices of each grade of rock are tiny thickets of green and black life.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • Any hint of grin is obscured under his chest-length thicket of beard.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 24 May 2018
  • The group happily skipped through the thicket of yarn and tools.
    Andrea Sachs, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Tight-jawed and drawn, he is enveloped by a thicket of reporters.
    Rob Hodgetts At Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Lawyers on both sides are readying for a thicket of last-minute challenges.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020
  • In the years since the lake drained, a dense thicket of brush and trees has taken over the lake bed.
    Josh Baugh, ExpressNews.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The lodge had two floors, made of wood and stone, and was tucked away in a thicket of guava trees.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Make the thicket at least 10 feet by 10 feet and have a good plant mix.
    Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec. 2017
  • There are other players in the thicket.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
  • One way to cut through the thicket is to consult with a fee-only planner.
    Chris Farrell, Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • There Sones found in a thicket of trees and underbrush a black ski mask.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Under a thicket of cranes, the very face of Paris was changing.
    Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022
  • For months, Democrats have been wandering in a thicket of words.
    Jamie Malanowski, Air Mail, 21 June 2025
  • Then the old granddaddy of all the deer tribes came out of the thicket and followed the does.
    Chester Chatfield, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The backyard slopes down into a thicket of trees, the leaves of which have turned yellow.
    Andy Benoit, SI.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • And then the old granddaddy of all the deer tribes came out of the thicket and followed the does.
    Chester Chatfield, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The push has created a legal thicket across state lines.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The buck stepped out of the thicket and offered him a broadside shot at 12 yards.
    Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Search and rescue crews wade through the thicket, scattered with debris and plane parts.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • With deer lying tight in the thickets along the streams, stalking mistakes would be easy to make.
    Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • While not thorns, these foliar teeth can take a bite out of those who attempt to cross a thicket of torch aloes.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The city’s wild thicket of street vendors serves as the setting for the show’s central tragedy.
    Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • The buck held back for a bit, until 10 more does emerged from a thicket and walked straight to the food pile.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
  • What appeared at first to be thorny branches were elk that scampered into the thickets.
    Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The oasis is packed with dense thickets of date palms and banana plantations.
    Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Windy City is, after all, a thicket of mighty high-rises.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023

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