thornily
- a word derived from thorny.
Example Sentences
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After a hike above Pasadena’s Eaton Canyon in 1877, John Muir described the San Gabriel Mountains as the place where “Mother Nature is most ruggedly, thornily, savage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Conservationist John Muir celebrated them as Mother Nature at her “most ruggedly, thornily savage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2019
It has been suggested, in the age of Killing Eve and Sharp Objects, that television is more hospitable than film to the thornily complex female anti-heroine, and if so, Gyllenhaal has been taking advantage.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2018
By the start of “Book Three” he has morphed into the overweight, hence overlooked, thornily rebellious Kim.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2017
"I wish you would call me Penny so I'd feel more like a person than a witness," Penny retorted thornily.
From Murder at Bridge by Austin, Anne
