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How to use hawthorn in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Hawthorn means any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches. Example: “Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.”

Examples of hawthorn by meaning

nounAny of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches.

  • Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 59
  • Hawthorn, for example, can take a good cut and grow back strongly, while still providing shelter for creatures and acting as a natural fence line.2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15

More sentences with hawthorn

  • Beyond the stile stands an attractive row of riverside trees – alder, hazel, beech, hawthorn and ash.2022 February 3, Terry Marsh, Walking the Dales Way: Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere through the Yorkshire Dales, Cicerone Press Limited…. From the entry give
  • Hawthorns marked moots, or assemblies to decide issues of local importance and manorial courts.2014 November 12, Paul Evans, “Burning red the hawthorn brings to mind moots and magic rituals”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry moot point
  • Blackthorn is a relative of hawthorn but flowers earlier, before it produces foliage.1989, Brian Lee, Fields and Hedgerows. From the entry blackthorn winter
  • Fruit trees grow thickly alongside the roads instead of the hawthorn hedges common in England.1947 January and February, Gerald Druce (Jun.), “A Journey on the "Slovak Arrow"”, in Railway Magazine, page 17. From the entry fruit tree
  • Alan Jefferson has a boundary windbreak of substantial hawthorn.2015 February 7, Helen Yemm, “Thorny problems: How can I soften a brick wall with plants?”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G7. From the entry fedge
  • Hawthorn just allowed Lewis Jetta to kick a goal.2010 August 7, David J Richardson, “And we thought the Dons were bad...”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet). From the entry how embarrassment
  • Hammer heel into sole with hawthorn nails.2001, Mary E. Lyons, Knockabeg. From the entry ficklesome
  • It is possible that a special hawthorn grew on this hill hundreds of years ago and that it was a meeting place.2014 November 12, Paul Evans, “Burning red the hawthorn brings to mind moots and magic rituals”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry moot point
  • Simonds listed the plants brought in for this new area, mostly natives: elms, oaks, maples, ashes, lindens, cherries, hackberries, pepperidges, and hawthorns.2008, Cathy Jean Maloney, Chicago Gardens: The Early History, page 161. From the entry pepperidge
  • The understory was mainly composed of regeneration of the more shade-tolerant species and a variety of common shrubs, such as buckleberries (Vaccinium spp.) and hawthorns (Crataegus spp.).1997, Michael G. Shelton, Paul A. Murphy, “Methods”, in Understory Vegetation 3 Years after Implementing Uneven-aged Silviculture in a…. From the entry understory
  • To her the wood-ivy, like a spirit, hovers round the old hawthorn, and everywhere "mystic Presences of power" "upsnatch" her "to the timeless, then return" her "to the Hour."1907, Martha Foote Crow, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. From the entry upsnatch
  • Hawthorn fought hard right to the final siren, but had no answer for the onball skills of Lion Ally Anderson, with a career-high 30 possessions, and Emily Bates, with 22.2022 October 22, “Brisbane Lions thrash Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Fremantle and Western Bulldogs all record wins”, in ABC News, retrieved…. From the entry onball

Meaning of hawthorn

  1. noun Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches.

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Questions about hawthorn in a sentence

How do you use hawthorn in a sentence?
Hawthorn is used as a noun. For example: “Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.”
What is a short sentence with hawthorn?
“Hammer heel into sole with hawthorn nails.”
What does hawthorn mean?
Hawthorn means any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches.

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