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How to use wicker in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, adjective

Wicker means a flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture. Example: “She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.”

Examples of wicker by meaning

nounWickerwork.

  • wicker basket wicker chair wicker cradle

adjectiveMade of wickerwork.

  • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  • He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind

More sentences with wicker

  • She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.From the entry aspen
  • There also were wicker skeps or hives, and these were cloomed.1965, Murray Hoyt, The World of Bees. From the entry cloom
  • Two horses gave it power and its light body, made largely of woven wicker, gave it roominess and speed.2010, Robin Adair, Death and the Running Patterer, Penguin, online edition. From the entry brisky
  • A gape-mouthed wicker trunk served as a hive.2008, Solon Timothy Woodward, Cadillac Orpheus: A Novel, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry gape-mouthed
  • His underthighs itched against the wicker seat of his chair.1991, Angela Huth, Invitation to the Married Life, New York: Grove, published 1992, Part 2, p. 249. From the entry underthigh
  • Sadie wears a big straw hat, and she has climbed up the ladder and set a wicker basket on the top step.2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), pages 364-365. From the entry WPA
  • You can go to a Cambodian market and buy live, defanged tarantulas by the dozen from huge wicker baskets, ready to take home and cook.2014, Bear Grylls, “Insects (and Other Creepy Crawlies)”, in Extreme Food: What to Eat when Your Life Depends on It, London: Bantam Press…. From the entry tarantula
  • Think of the cell wall as a wicker basket in which a balloon has been inflated so that it exerts pressure from the inside.2000, John L. Howland, The Surprising Archaea: Discovering Another Domain of Life, page 70. From the entry cell wall
  • Her breakfast tray, a great wicker affair sprouting a yellow rose, bridged her knees, while combed, powdered and bed-jacketed, she was nested in little pillows.1969, John Leggett, Who Took the Gold Away, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 292. From the entry bed-jacketed
  • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page…. From the entry cherish
  • And for the Rose Queen they soaked a wicker pony cart in Barnett’s Creek overnight and wove the stems of two thousand roses into the wet wicker.2008, Bailey White, “Almost Gone”, in Nothing with Strings: NPR’s Beloved Holiday Stories, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, page 188. From the entry Queen Elizabeth
  • What you’ll see are flowers, flowers everywhere, plus trellis and picket fence patterns, natural stone floors, wicker and wrought iron furniture, complete with peely paint or a patina of rust.1999 April 15, Rose Bennett Gilbert, “Bring The Outdoors Inside By Cultivating Garden Decor”, in The Republican, Oakland, Md., section…. From the entry peely

Meaning of wicker

  1. noun A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
  2. noun Wickerwork.
  3. adjective Made of wickerwork.

Full definition of wicker

Questions about wicker in a sentence

How do you use wicker in a sentence?
Wicker is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.”
What is a short sentence with wicker?
“wicker basket wicker chair wicker cradle”
What does wicker mean?
Wicker means a flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.

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