How to Use thistle in a Sentence

thistle

noun

• As the new year began, the 60 acres of thistle were gone.
  — Isabella Tree, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2020
• For the blues of her dress: viburnum berries and the thistle-like Eryngium.
  — Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
• Remove back from the stem and thistle in the middle of the artichoke.
  — Redbook, 21 Mar. 2012
• The little ones played, wrestling and scratching at a thistle.
  — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• The piece was silver and featured a purple amethyst atop the thistle.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 June 2022
• Each pack comes with a set of 3-inch glass bulbs in the shade: bronze, champagne, gold, olive, silver, and thistle.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2021
• The artichokes are about to open and the purple of the first thistle is enchanting.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 9 June 2017
• In between each shield is an emblem of the U.K. nations: a rose, a thistle, a shamrock and a leek.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
• In between each shield is an emblem of the U.K. nations: a rose, a thistle, a shamrock and a leek.
  — Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
• Thistle, grasses and weedy plants are also a draw for these showy birds.
  — Jennifer J. Meyer, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2017
• From the time of that first Adam to the time of his descendants today, man’s lot has been labor and sweat, thorns and thistles.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 Aug. 2017
• And now the great thistle invasion seemed to be proving them right.
  — Isabella Tree, Time, 3 Oct. 2019
• Barely-blue thistle keeps the gray from feeling too stark.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 7 Nov. 2022
• Stick around for the Artichoke Festival on June 2 and 3 for more foods that take their cue from the spiky green thistle.
  — Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• Oily seeds like black-oil sunflower seed and thistle can go rancid over time, and birds won't eat it.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2021
• Some are made to feed sunflower seeds, while others can be used with tiny thistle seeds.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Aug. 2019
• To him, health means the maintenance of healing practices that trace back centuries: the harvest and the use of plants like mullein, sumac, thistle and wild thyme.
  — Michael W. Twitty, Bon Appétit, 13 May 2021
• The vegetable, a relative of the thistle, features leathery, thorny green leaves or petals attached to a round base.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
• Here, magnolia leaves serve as the base, while cedar, and lavender thistle are woven in for depth and texture, and lights add sparkle.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
• This thistle can grow huge its second year, up to 12 feet tall and 5 feet in diameter.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018
• The seaside cliffs are covered with poppies and thistle flowers, which bringing an air of the countryside to the coast.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2021
• This is because as seedeaters, the birds wait for thistles to produce seed before building nests and feeding their young.
  — John Heasly, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• Her Majesty also wore the Queen Mary diamond thistle brooch.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 2 Oct. 2021
• Bring dimension to the outer edges of the bouquet with thistle; this will serve as your gesture flower.
  — Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2020
• And then, in the wink of an eye, with the twist of a head, with a finger alongside the nose and a nod, time flies away like the down of a thistle, leaving you beside the next generation’s tree.
  — Marni Jameson, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
• Most of the plants come up to my chest, but here and there a thistle rises high above everything else, its bulbous purple head atop a thin green stalk.
  — Danielle Dutton, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• The latter does resemble globe thistle, but is much larger and the blue hue of the foliage/blossoms is paler, even silvery.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 5 July 2017
• Alaska birds go for black sunflower seed, cracked, whole, naked or with hull; raw peanuts, cracked or whole; and, in shells if the feeder is large enough, thistle and food scraps.
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
• Most of us do not invite the thistle or broom or leafless milkweed into our gardens.
  — Claire Vaye Watkins, Outside Online, 15 May 2017
• Scotch thistle is a biennial, rising from its first year rosette to bloom and set seed its second year.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024