Sentence examples for in a thorn from inspiring English sources

The nest is large, usually built of sticks in a thorn tree.

Mr. Camp comes across a twisted Ms. Beatty, eternally encased in a thorn bush and wearing a countenance out of a painting by Munch.

"Our discovery suggests that the Crown Hill story is probably right, that Henry VII placed the crown on his head there after one of his soldiers found it in a thorn bush.

The reasons for this enduring enquiry are exposed at length in A Thorn In Their Side, a book being launched this week to mark the 28th anniversary of her death.

When you could stay up all night with friends, dance on car hoods, and wake up naked in a thorn bush with a smile of contentment.

As long as I've known him, Orhan has always revelled in being a thorn in the side of authority.

In fact, a thorn looks pretty much like a thorn, as in one of those prickly things on the stem of a rose.

Acquiring Aspera in particular would be a thorn in Amazon's side.

Novak, who joined on a free transfer in the summer, was a thorn in the side of his old club.

Browder had campaigned against corrupt business practices in Russia and was a thorn in Vladimir Putin's side.

Schroeder's opposition to the war in Iraq had made him a thorn in Bush's side.