How to use tumbleweed in a sentence

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• In Lubbock, where Sarah lived, there weren't any trees, just tumbleweeds and scrabbly old mesquite bushes.2013, Tracy Daugherty, Late in the Standoff: Stories and a Novella, →ISBN. From the entry scrabbly
• Others come on behind relentlessly and, in this way, it arrives before me as a tumbleweed of moving birds.2015 November 3, Mark Cocker, “A tumbleweed of starlings”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry fall apart
• Rodgers' pregame press conference was rammed, whilst Pellegrini's was attended by one man and his dog as tumbleweeds drifted by.2015, Neil Collins, Red Mist: A Fan's View of the 2014/15 Season, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry one man and his dog
• When I scored rocks and bags off tumbleweed hobos blowing through the no-man's-land of Hackney estates, I conducted no litmus test.2014, Russell Brand, “Prologue”, in Revolution, →ISBN, page xiii. From the entry rock
• The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia.1991 October 10, Jackson Granholm, “In praise of the tumbleweed”, in News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page B-7, column 3. From the entry ornamental
• Accompanying the tumbleweed in its trips are the beautiful and multi-colored specimens of Kleenex americanus donated copiously to the freeway viewscapes by generous passing motorists.1991 October 10, Jackson Granholm, “In praise of the tumbleweed”, in News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page B-7, column 3. From the entry kleenices
• When you’re wondering if they might just sit there self-consciously not saying anything (a tumbleweed moment) you need to get away from the centre-front, start moving around.2005 April 1, Trevor Wright, How to Be a Brilliant English Teacher, Routledge, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry tumbleweed moment
• Peter Gibson, of Keep Britain Tidy, said: “in a world of daft pranks, we want littering to be that tumbleweed moment, the joke that falls flat on its face.”2005 December 19, Robert Stansfield, “Gimp ad to shame litter louts”, in The Mirror, London, England. From the entry tumbleweed moment
• “Sure as the Lord made tumbleweeds in Kansas, we — your Sherlock Holmesque readers — are closing in on the elusive Joe Don Looney,” the Morrisseys wrote.1976 October 29, Dave Kindred, “The continuing Looney saga: Has our hero found peace?”, in The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ken., page C…. From the entry Sherlock Holmesque

Meaning of tumbleweed

1. noun Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
2. noun Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
3. noun A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

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How do you use tumbleweed in a sentence?

Tumbleweed is used as a noun. For example: “Putting an ad in the local paper that Spock's Beard and Arena are in town will get you a tumbleweed response and some wasted revenue.”

What is a short sentence with tumbleweed?

“In Lubbock, where Sarah lived, there weren't any trees, just tumbleweeds and scrabbly old mesquite bushes.”

What does tumbleweed mean?

Tumbleweed means any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.