thickets

plural of thicket

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of thickets Plush lawns and thickets of towering palms unite the various structures, while a demilune hot tub faces the water alongside a stone terrace that steps down to the estate’s private 250-plus-foot crescent beach. Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025 The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze. Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025 In the warmer months, the mountain air stays cool and refreshing—perfect for long days on the river or shaded hikes through rhododendron thickets. Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025 But then, the trees began cross-pollinating with other pear species, whose offspring create thorny thickets that smother native plants and habitat. Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thickets
Noun
  • Its 46 rooms have big picture windows that look onto copses of color-changing trees and cabin vibes from plenty of blonde wood.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Hacienda Bambusa in Armenia, on the other hand, delivers tranquil luxury in an environment of cacao fields and bamboo groves.
    Boris Seckovic, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Fall brings migrating humpback whales offshore, and the monarch butterflies return to the eucalyptus groves each late fall through.
    Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The area is a vast, rural, mountainous tract of forests with a political ethos that resembles Texas more than Los Angeles, San Francisco, the state capital of Sacramento, and other liberal Democratic environs.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Its beauty lies in low-slung pastel buildings, pine forests edging the city, and ferries slicing through the Baltic toward fortress islands like Suomenlinna—while locals linger in cafés over cardamom buns or get cozy in harborside saunas.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, no one is prepared for Patricia, a misunderstood local living alone in the island’s dense woods.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Officers found the knife used in the attack in woods near the driveway.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Thickets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickets. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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