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Recent Examples of brambleNicholas trips over a bramble, falls to his hands and knees in the soaking grass.—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Each of these commitments comes nestled in a bramble of thorny questions that societies have been debating for the last, let’s round it off at, 250 years.—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025 Made from 100% Gaglioppo, a native grape known for its tannic structure, this is a wild ride of red berries, some savory bramble and elevated by good acidity.—Lana Bortolot, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Skylarks rise from the sharp purple bramble spreading down the sheer cliff, and the sea slowly evaporates into cerulean.—Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for bramble
Scratched carpets are buried under tangles of wires and computing gear.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
Electrical outlets and power strips Outlets, surge protectors and the tangle of cords behind an entertainment center collect more dust than people realize.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2026
Vibrant, large-scale paintings depicting animal and jungle scenes throughout the hotel are from the original owner’s collection, all from Haiti.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
The creature-feature horror film plunges into the jungles of the Dominican Republic, where a group of road workers battling brutal conditions encounter the Ciguapa — a terrifying figure from local folklore with backward feet and the power to possess men through her gaze.
Kreutzer cuts clunkily and repeatedly between the ongoing crises in two households, presumably implying that the men in these women’s lives are all tarred with the same patriarchal brush.
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Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
This pet grooming kit + vacuum trims, brushes and sucks up loose fur at the same time, so you're not left sweeping up Fido's tumbleweeds afterward.
Aaron left the hospital and drove to a local Walmart, entering the store with his formerly bare feet now cloaked in surgery booties, and purchased hedge trimmers big enough to snip down the branch.
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Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
The accuracy of the forecast directly compresses the cost of the hedge; that compression is what Ant resells to its airline customers.