Sentence examples for thistle from inspiring English sources

Take his views on the financial troubles of Partick Thistle.

Ronny Deila claimed Stefan Johansen is just one of several Celtic players in contention for the player of the year award after the Norway midfielder scored in the 2-0 win over Partick Thistle.

The herb milk thistle may have liver-protective effects that can be useful in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Paul Hartley's side had the perfect opportunity to collect all three points through Gary Harkins' 59th-minute penalty, but the substitute Thistle goalkeeper, Paul Gallacher, saved his effort from the spot with his first piece of action after replacing Scott Fox, who had been sent off.

Thistle were at a particularly low ebb on and off the field by the time amalgamation talk turned serious.

Purple shaving-brush heads of melancholy thistle marked the hollows in the meadow.

With the recent collapse of the sale of Thistle Hotels, a British hotel chain, perhaps its most urgent deal, BIL's troubles seem more pressing than ever.BIL was once feared as a corporate raider in Australia and Britain, thanks to its street-wise and board-busting leader Sir Ron Brierley.

And on a field awash with poppy and thistle, tents are being pitched for the homeless.

Many wild American plants are edible but unavailable in supermarkets: dandelion, pig weed, bull thistle, skunk vine.

But if people choose to spend their money trying wild yam cream, or extract of milk thistle, why not let them?

Mr Dee tantalisingly captures its seasonal flavours: the "white razorlight" of a winter fen padded with snow; the "wedding cakes of cumulus" that fill spring's open skies; the hot nettle-scented air of summer; the autumn winds that scatter thistle seeds in a "silent, spreading, milky broadcast".He describes the other fields with equal eloquence.