| Immediately, Maria snatched her hand back quicker than if it had just come into contact with a briar bush. |
| In this kind of environment, post-feminism confronts the young feminist as something of a briar patch to be negotiated with care. |
| Every man present had filled his clay or briar pipes with good Virginia tobacco. |
| Species whose fruits are used both in Europe and Asia include the briar rose or dog rose, which is made into tea or tisane, and the eglantine. |
| Now is a good time for pruning soft fruit bushes, such as whitecurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, blackcurrants and briar fruits. |
| The Centenier finished his coffee, while Holmes selected and filled his briar pipe. |
