The cottage was almost hidden by a thicket of wildflowers. grass and briars.

We heard the soft cheeping of a bird from under a tangled briar.

The land boasts many shrubs and trees—poplars. cypresses. chestnut. briar. pine. and fir.

All I saw was the whitethorn and brier of the hedges. the green ridge of the lane.

He begged not to be thrown in the briar patch.

Those brier bushes could grow as tall as ten feet high.

He had gone outside to smoke his briar.

He spoke without taking the briar pipe out of his mouth.

On the nightstand was a clock. a brier pipe. and a hardback book.

A garden will soon be overrun with weeds and briars. if it is not cultivated with the greatest care.

His coat was torn. his hat lost. and his face scratched right across with briars.

Martin. too. wore old clothes that would be none the worse for meeting with briars or crushed berries.

There was more than one bower composed entirely of rose-trees. and there were very long hedges of sweet briar and Scotch roses.

Upon the ridge thus formed he built a post and rail fence and along it planted cedars. locusts. pines. briars or thorn bushes to discourage cattle and other stock.