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How to use hazel in a sentence

27 example sentences · noun, adjective

Hazel means a tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. Example: “Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”

Examples of hazel by meaning

nounA tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

  • Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273

adjectiveOf a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour).

  • As she grew up and her hazel eyes became hazeler and her dark hair darker and her white skin whiter, and her form a sigh on every boy’s lips, she concentrated on one dream.1956 January 7, James L. Collings, “Syndicates: Oh Marie! Whatta Gal and Whatta Reporter”, in Robert U[tting] Brown, editor, Editor &...
  • The shrewd eyes, more hazel than her son’s but with the same straight brows, were fixed on Clary’s face.1986, Robyn Donald, chapter 4, in A Willing Surrender, London: Mills & Boon Limited, →ISBN, page 81
  • The drummer’s eyes took the small woman in slowly, starting with her face, down to her feet and then back up into the hazelest eyes she’d ever seen.2005, Sharon Smith, chapter 2, in Into the Dark, Nederland, Tex.: Yellow Rose Books, →ISBN, page 12

More sentences with hazel

  • 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
  • Hazel E really trying to call out Cardi for a birthday party theme?2021 July 13, @SylviaMphofe, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2024. From the entry IKYL
  • Nothing at all like Francine with her plain brown hair and hazel eyes.2020, Ann H. Gabhart, An Appalachian Summer, Revell, →ISBN. From the entry gawky
  • Hazel sank wearily into her chair and sipped the milk unhungrily.2019 Descember, Grace Livingston Hill, Finding Love in Wild West: 3 Western Romance Novels, Musaicum Books. From the entry unhungrily
  • Beth is a reedy woman with thick auburn hair and damp hazel eyes, snobbish about alma maters.2002 May 24, Ashley Shelby, “The Slam”, in Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, retrieved 08 Apr 2026. From the entry reedy
  • Hazel always claimed the Hills Hoist was the perfect plant support.1989, Helen Townsend, Miranda′s Album, page 52. From the entry Hills Hoist
  • Hazel Freed and her cousin Susan Klayman call themselves Housewives Who Home-Sit.1978 January 17, “A 5-year-old service: She’ll mind the cats but not the dogs”, in The Toronto Star, four star edition, Toronto, Ont.…. From the entry home-sit
  • Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts.1961, Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron, page 1. From the entry burst
  • Hazel Strong was looking from her darkened port across the dark sea.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 105. From the entry man overboard
  • “Hazel is a little firecracker,” she said.2024 March 22, Shannon Larson, “‘This is the happiest day of my life’: Mass. native reunited with missing dog after story about search…. From the entry sugar and spice
  • Why did I not notice those shiny hazel irises before?2017, Daryl Banner, chapter 4, in Football Sundae, Frozenfyre Publishing, page 46. From the entry trophy girlfriend
  • She was the color of a caramel latte, with almond-shaped hazel brown eyes, and long weavy hair just below her shoulders.2015, Michaela Gregory, Victoria Canady, The Familiar's Lie. From the entry weavy
  • Most plants are hermaphrodite, even if some of them (hazel, for example) keep their male and female flowers apart.2014 December 12, Ken Thompson, “Do plants have a gender? Most plants are hermaphrodite, but not all – and an interesting situation arises…. From the entry dioecious
  • It brings out the topazy tones in your hazel eyes.2010, Sue Limb, Girls, Guilty But Somehow Glorious. From the entry topazy
  • Hazel walked up, all smiles and giggly.2010, Timothy Craig Everhart, Tianna Logan and the Salem Academy for Witchcraft, page 102. From the entry smiles and giggly
  • SWM, 28, 5’4”, blonde, hazel eyes, DTE, traditional, great SOH.1993 December 3, “Rhode Island Personals”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 22, number 49, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media Communications…. From the entry DTE
  • It seemed to him that his soul had gone from him, and he was as toom as a hazel shell.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide. From the entry toom
  • A volunteer checks a rare hazel dormouse as 20 breeding pairs were released into an undisclosed woodland location near Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, UK.2018 June 15, The Guardian. From the entry hazel dormouse
  • Specimens of the aptly named devil’s fingers and the coral-like hazel gloves were spotted nestling in the undergrowth at Devon Wildlife Trust sites.2014 December 20, “Two rare fungi found on Devon wildlife sites”, in The Western Morning News, Plymouth, England, page 4. From the entry devil's fingers
  • Pickled walnuts are excellent if you can get hold of green walnuts, but other green nuts – hazel, cob, filbert – can be used instead.1979, Jocasta Innes, The Country Kitchen, Frances Lincoln Limited, published 2003, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry cob
  • Hazel and ash saplings make good switches, and there are many of these by the roadside, spraying like the forks of a fan.1950, Alison Uttley, Buckinghamshire, page 5. From the entry edder
  • Woodpig was rootling for worms up the brook when he was surprised to see Chaffinch, "spinking" at him from a hazel twig.1949, Denys Watkins-Pitchford, “The Animal Banquet”, in The Little Grey Men, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 144. From the entry spink
  • One glory of a family is you'd never choose your kin and can't unchoose your daddy's hazel eyes — no more than you could unchoose your hand.2010, Andrew Hudgins, American Rendering. From the entry unchoose

Meaning of hazel

  1. noun A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
  2. noun The nut of the hazel tree.
  3. noun The wood of a hazelnut tree.

Full definition of hazel

Questions about hazel in a sentence

How do you use hazel in a sentence?
Hazel is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”
What is a short sentence with hazel?
“Hazel walked up, all smiles and giggly.”
What does hazel mean?
Hazel means a tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

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