How to Use bushy in a Sentence
bushy
adjective-
Some trimmed their bushy beards and changed their clothes in efforts to blend in.
— Andrew Katz, TIME.com, 17 July 2017 -
Leto also seemed to have shaved off the bushy beard he’s been sporting on tour with the rock band for the last few months.
— Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2017 -
By the end, Mr. Barrymore’s beard hangs on his chest like a great bushy bib.
— Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 25 June 2017 -
And, of course those bushy, overgrown October beards are a sure sign of the postseason.
— Janie McCauley, The Seattle Times, 31 Aug. 2017 -
Needleleaf evergreens, such as firs, spruces, and pines, should be pruned to maintain a compact shape with thick, bushy branches.
— Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2017 -
The second suspect was described as a male in his 20s, about 5-foot-7 with bushy black hair that is tapered on the sides.
— Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2017 -
Some evergreens, such as dense, bushy cedars and thorny-leaved hollies, offer birds a twofer: berries as well as protection from weather and predators.
— Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017 -
But unfortunately, there's no product or technique that Lucy uses to get her iconic bushy look.
— Evelyn Wang, Allure, 2 Oct. 2017 -
Dada tenderly plaits Hussainia’s bushy hair into neat cornrows.
— TIME.com, 27 June 2017 -
The plant is very bushy and grows to a height of 18 inches.
— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022 -
Princess the cat’s tail was bushy with fright, and Fluffy the dog was barking.
— Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 25 June 2019 -
Like any 17-year-old kid who's still dealing with acne and craving for a bushier mustache than the sparse style he's got, Rocco Posca is battling the end of his adolescence with rock and roll.
— Billboard Argentina, Billboard, 9 July 2017 -
The squirrel’s is big and bushy, the rat’s is naked, scaly, and wormlike.
— Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 -
Eyebrow trends have ranged from thin and long to thick and bushy.
— Julia Naftulin, Health, 27 Feb. 2023 -
The name comes from Love’s reddish-blonde hair and Brown’s bushy beard.
— Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2020 -
There was a young man who wore a turban and a soft bushy beard.
— Celeste Ng, Bon Appétit, 23 Oct. 2019 -
Since then, the trees have bounced back, their tops bushy green, though their trunks are still charred.
— Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022 -
So if Austin has bushy ‘60s hair then maybe Dr. Evil should have no hair.
— Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 11 June 2019 -
Commuters will notice the bushy 15-foot-tall plants in fields around the metro area.
— Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 16 June 2019 -
Dads with bushy beards and in Red Wing boots push $1,400 Bugaboo strollers.
— Lysandra Ohrstrom, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2021 -
But maybe that’s where the bushy sideburns came in useful.
— Lawrence Weschler, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2020 -
The stems are medium-short, and the bush is medium-small, rounded and bushy.
— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021 -
To keep the plants more bushy than lanky, pinch them back in spring and early summer.
— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023 -
That could put the swarms in India’s bushy center very soon.
— New York Times, 27 May 2020 -
Rows of big and bushy plants, their long limbs heavy with flowers, dot the landscape.
— oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2020 -
When my boy is old enough to chase bushy tails with me, this will be his rifle.
— Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 -
The plant forms bushy, upright clumps about 18 inches tall and wide.
— Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 3 June 2021 -
By the end of summer, the mounded plants grow bushy and can reach 18-24 inches wide.
— Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Before the mask, the ends of my hair were brittle and bushy, yet now my curls are super-defined and soft.
— Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 28 May 2024 -
Garnish with two mint crowns (the top of the plant) twisted together to form a bushy mint explosion on top.
— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bushy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: