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Sentence Examples Their wonderfully playful set took in reggae and funk as well as the reliably prickly outbursts of their infectious and catchy crowd-pleasers. Sideoats grama, buffalo grass, sagebrush, yucca and prickly pear cactus are also common on the canyon floor and walls. No, she was still the prickly, ornery, far too practical person she had always been, even in matters of sentiment. Earlier he tried pushing his nose against it and it had felt all prickly even though he couldn't see any prickles. An anonymous member of the public found the injured hedgehog in her garden and took the prickly fellow to the Swan Sanctuary last Wednesday. We wandered through a maze of prickly bushes and speculated about the people who had lived there once. Because of their prickly nature, cacti could also make life difficult for farm workers. The tropical prickly ash has a temperate equivalent called the toothache tree. I feel tearful, angry, despondent, restless, annoyed, irritable and prickly all at the same time. The perfectly symmetrical prickly balled yacca or Australia grass tree, which takes 100 years to grow a central trunk, is my favourite. I liked the stealthy hiding part, often choosing the excellent cover provided by a set of prickly Pyracantha bushes in a neighboring yard. One plant we should see more of is Rubus biflorus, the ornamental bramble, whose prickly stems are covered in a white, waxy bloom. He headed down the street to the opposite corner, where a large, prickly bush had grown through the fence, covering the entire corner. The true protectors of clownfish in the ocean, however, are not parents but rather prickly, stinging sea anemones that live on reefs. The wash is quite savoury with a winning rush of prickly white pepper spice at the finish. We are rich with saguaros, prickly pear, and cholla cacti, and palo verde, and mesquite trees. The ground was prickly and Erial wore no shoes but her feet were tough and soon she made it down to the bank. During her last days, she felt most difficulties in eating because her lips and mouth were so prickly and painful. Peppery, spicy and prickly with good tannins there are ample amounts of redcurrant and raspberry fruit flavours present in this wine. A majestic theme emerges, its clarity disrupted by prickly guitars and scrambled flutterings that threaten to bury it completely. Show More Sentences I still remember his gentle brown eyes, set in his warm and prickly skin, and framed by his delicate waves of deep mahogany. Not only do the sprays resemble a cacti garden, but collecting the specimens is like trying to harvest prickly pear cacti without getting stuck. There is a mild, prickly sensation for 45 minutes as the solution is left to work, but you are distracted with a hand, foot or scalp massage. A prickly and tingly sensation ran up through my body as I armed my head back in sorrow. These hot and dry rocky slopes support scorpions, tarantulas, collared lizards, pygmy rattlesnakes, roadrunners, and prickly pear cacti. Once described as a one-man awkward squad, Bennett is nothing if not prickly and morally unforgiving. Razor burn and prickly underarm hair make the list of most women's annoying beauty battles. Maybe we would be lucky with a little wind tonight, I thought, so I could sleep without feeling prickly heat. If you are overweight or sweat easily you are more likely to have prickly heat. He was a very prickly person and took criticism badly, it took all Halley's skills in diplomacy to nurse the Principia to publication. Areas once graced by desert mariposa tulip, Rocky Mountain bee plant, prickly poppy and evening primrose were invaded by the hostile horehound. Small, prickly goosebumps broke out across her arms and stomach, sending a small, cold shiver through her. The people are prickly on the outside, but a lot friendlier once you get to know them. The overall pattern, however, suggests that her personality is prickly to begin with and that her life has not gone the way she would have liked. I have learnt how to establish a healthy working rapport with difficult, prickly people with whom I have precious little in common. Like many issues in a prickly first meeting for 2002 on Tuesday night, Lismore's 12 elected representatives could find little to agree on. It is a tall plant up to 3ft high and the flower head is just as prickly as a thistle. While he is prickly in his dealings with the media, O'Sullivan is an avid student of the press, feeding journalists just enough juicy morsels. Even though my thighs were not enormous or anything, I would still get prickly heat. Even though a prickly pear may be visibly spineless, the glochids on paddles and fruits remain just as nasty. Show More Sentences Its cooling properties are such that application on the body prevents prickly heat and summer boils. Handwringing over prickly privacy issues has, of course, inspired many books in recent years. The vegetation varies, from beach grass and Virginia creeper stabilizing the dunes to eastern red cedar and even prickly pear. This is a highly readable, jargon-free treatise on a notoriously prickly subject, intended for general readers rather than academics. Consider that if this is a guy you'd marry, this is a guy with whom you should be able to bring up tricky prickly stuff, scary though it is. I wanted to imagine Gabe's arms around me, but I just felt prickly from the temperature and the sweat beading my skin. The fruit is tough and prickly on the outside, tender and sweet on the inside. My secret thoughts on it were that some of these prickly, prissy dons really needed toughening up. Because of the glochids, great care is required when harvesting or preparing prickly pear cactus. He had the distinct prickly sensation on the back of his neck that usually meant he was being watched. A gust of red dust swirls around a patch of prickly poppies outside her hogan door, twisting past a pair of horses in a makeshift corral. A number of studies show that prickly pear can control blood sugar in experimental diabetes in animals. And what about Mexico, where eighty species of Opuntia support a cochineal dye industry and are the source of edible prickly pear fruit? On hillocks trailing she-oaks, olives, myrtle and prickly pear, circular ruins rise up, like razed windmills. The flavours are plentiful with raspberry, blackberry, chocolate and mint coupled with prickly, tarty little tannins. Like prickly pear thorns, needle grass penetrated moccasins and leather leggings and punctured the skin. The Old Course wasn't built, it simply evolved, a combination of scrubby seaside turf, wispy grasses, prickly gorse and rolling dunes. Come to think of it, the summer was a lot better in spite of the sweat, dust and prickly heat. The morning, like most out in the open in summer, was cold to start, quickly warming up to an uncomfortable prickly heat. Squabbles over the garden fence can be unedifying, and the relationship between sporting neighbours is more prickly than most. Show More Sentences It is therefore unlikely that extracts of northern prickly ash would specifically inhibit fungal infections associated with mycoses. Tropical plants here include two species of wild coffee, pigeon berry or rouge-plant, prickly ash, marlberry, and colicwood. It worked well with myxomatosis on rabbits, and cactoblastis on prickly pears. Weeds not well-controlled by other herbicides include marestail, prickly lettuce, mustards, giant ragweed, Pennsylvania smartweed, and dandelion. Red elderberry, snowberry, and a species of prickly currant are common in the shrub zone. Once, out picking blackberries, he over-reached and fell headlong into the prickly bramble. One is less used to having the prickly complex of historiographical issues actually sorted out and straightforwardly addressed. Also, the leaf margins of spiny sowthistle are much more spiny or prickly than those of annual sowthistle. You never have to worry that Mowat will press his interviewees on prickly issues. From my perch above the brush, I watched that animal run at full throttle through dense tangles of mesquite and prickly pear. So why are so many politicians so prickly when one of their number spills the beans on another? Sharp, clever and prickly, Gwendolen reads the days away, oblivious to dirt and decay. There are about three hundred members of the cactus family classified as prickly pear, all belonging to the genus Opuntia. My happy muse was interrupted by the prickly, nettling sensation of being watched. Aggressive planting of hawthorn, pyracantha, creeping juniper, holly, Chinese jujube, roses, blackthorn or prickly ash will help deter criminals. We kept driving, past cedar thickets and a pasture studded with blooming prickly pear cactus. A key characteristic is their well-defined spiny hairs, which cover their body and give them a prickly appearance. Wood handled the prickly Watson diplomatically and established a harmonious relationship with him. The plant must be eliminated before the flowers ripen and form the brown prickly burrs which spread the seeds. There was no breeze next to the deserted highway, but the air was filled with prickly wintriness. Show More Sentences It was a dry and dead place with almost nothing living out here but a few cacti and some small, prickly bushes. Although currently regulated, trade in hippo ivory is not banned, and enforcing trade quotas remains a prickly problem. Red roses might melt your lover's heart, but they present a prickly problem unless your wallet is loaded. We are rich with saguaros, prickly pear, and cholla cacti, and paloverde, and mesquite trees. Also fairly common are bluejack oak, netleaf hackberry, honey mesquite, and prickly ash. One might assume Kiley's tough negotiating skills and high standards would make for some prickly dealings with her newspaper colleagues. Flanked by ocotillo and prickly pear, you'll make an easy half-day ride to the Telephone Canyon backcountry campsite. Actually, he reflected, Hannah Zachal was a handsome woman, despite her prickly personality. In the 1970s, some prickly US libertarians set up a republic on an oil platform near Tonga. This annual festival boasts food and craft stalls, with the main attraction being the prickly pear witblits made in a 19th century copper still. As for the prickly pear entrada that so enticed me on the menu card, it did pack quite a punch. Perhaps movie-makers see it as a prickly subject, limp as a film theme, a let-down for audiences. The annatto tree is quite pretty, with big green leaves and bright red, prickly seedpods. The prickly complex of historiographical issues is actually sorted out and straightforwardly addressed. He may be prickly, but he's an absolute straight shooter and he tells it exactly like he thinks it is. But still you'd bump into a prickly pear or cholla cactus and have to stop and pull the thorns out of person's leg or shoe. Nopal is prickly pear and has been studied in Mexico for its ability to lower blood glucose and cholesterol. Along the way, look closely at the bluffs for the small prickly pear cactus that grows in the rain shadow here. In one tiny schoolhouse the roof caved in after a heavy rain and prickly pear quickly began to take root inside. Here and there is the large-leaved, prickly stemmed Hercules' club, also known as the devil's walking-stick. Show More Sentences Gringolts shows maturity beyond his 21 years in his rich phrasing of the boldly romantic Sibelius and the prickly angularity of the Prokofiev. Forest edge habitat, especially on drier sites, often features yucca and numerous kinds of prickly pear cacti. The sharp, prickly leaves provide an effective deterrent, and the holly can be removed after a few weeks. The targeted pests were chickweed, prickly lettuce, and root-knot nematode. Its common name is prickly rhubarb and it does indeed look like rhubarb gone ballistic. I would add that the conference's refined dialogue and inquiry did not blunt the prickly sense of more image-trouble lying ahead. Its foods are hot, spicy, or bitter, and its plants are prickly, sharp, or stinging. Mary Ellen's hyperactive guilt complex responded immediately and sat like a prickly insect at the bottom of her stomach. The ice plant's lime green foliage contrasts strongly with prickly silver mats of neighboring pinks. There was a prickly weed known as cockspurs which grew amid the wheat crop and those handling hay at chaff cutting had to wear leather gloves. On San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, prickly pear cactus is a major food of rock iguanas. In the gardens are lemon and lime trees, prickly pear cactus plants, fig trees and ornamental palms. His limbs were inanimate, leaving motion only to his prickly black hair dancing to the silent hum of the ocean. The prince feverishly tossed and turned, his movements impeded by the prickly quilt tucked tightly around his ailing body. This rough, loose, prickly coat allowed the Shar-Pei to wriggle out of its opponent's grasp while fighting in the dog pits. The extinct mammoths ate mainly grasses, sedges, and other riparian plants, salt bush, prickly pear, and even some needles of blue spruce. But his prickly sense of slighted dignity and obsessive contempt for other people's ethical squalor inevitably drags him down. Before I left for Costa Rica, I bought a Del Monte Gold, skinned its prickly bark, cored its hard center, and ate it with my fingers. There will be colourful flowers, such as poppies to look at and smell, prickly plants and vegetables to eat. He had a reputation among Washington insiders for being prickly, abrasive, brash, impatient, and intolerant of bureaucratic foot-dragging. Show More Sentences Suddenly Betty comes alive as a prickly character with her own issues. I missed Don's chiseled mug and Roger's blithe wisecracks and Peggy's prickly chutzpah. They lead into pine forests as well as impressive stands of coastal sage scrub and chaparral communities notable for Mojave yuccas, prickly pear, and agaves. It bears small, rather insignificant flowers with a collar of white-veined deeply toothed bracts above impressive prickly glaucous greyish-green leaves. Being in the desert was a new experience for me, a native Westerner who had never seen birds nesting in a saguaro nor tasted a prickly pear margarita. Staccato stabs of dry-brushed whites over pale, scumbled colors show the distinctive locale, the early light and the pale, prickly thickets of desert thornbush. Prim, proper and oh so reserved, Broadbent's Gilbert is prickly to be sure but he well conveys the thunderstruck quality of when inspiration hits. Eventually, they cohabited and married, but things were never that simple for the prickly couple who were both too independent to settle easily into married life. Irritated summer skin is usually caused by clogged sweat ducts, a condition called prickly heat or miliaria, or by exposure to poison ivy, oak or sumac. Clumps of itchy or prickly tiny red bumps on the skin that appear with hot humid weather in tropical countries is called miliaria or prickly heat in layman's terms. Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus. Thorny plants are unpleasant to rub against and trimmings from spikey, prickly plants placed under bird-feeders help protect our feathered friends. Music critic and former MTV News anchor Kurt Loder pays tribute to the prickly, brilliant Velvet Underground front man. This is one of those shot-across-the-bow editorials, but of an especially intense and prickly sort. Yet nationhood is such a prickly issue, it overwhelms even great tragedy. In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation. Photographed clutching a spiny anteater with the same alacrity that he might hold a non-alcoholic beer, this may not be Harry's only prickly encounter in Australia. The city of Taos lies on the edge of the high desert in the Carson National Forest, amid squat juniper trees, prickly scrub grasses and towering evergreens. Yorkshire folk turned prickly yesterday after a wild flower charity announced that the common harebell had replaced the white rose as the county's floral emblem. There were lots of snakelike creatures, some roundish things as prickly as hedgehogs and some notable beaks and pincers as well as possibly a stinger or two. Show More Sentences The highlight of the album, this song comes over like Costello singing for The Travelling Wilburys and flits catchily between both prickly and country pop. It grows here, along with numerous smaller cacti, including beaver-tail cactus, California barrel cactus, hedgehog cactus, and various prickly pear cacti. We found that these pads, if placed too close to prickly pears infected by Cactoblastis, would soon be discovered by the moths and eaten by caterpillars. Bookish, arrogant, prickly, and often willing to take offence when none was intended, he struck some of his contemporaries as solemn, aloof, and over-serious. Avoid prickly leaves like holly or ones that are extremely fragile. From where I sit, that chimes with the man, capturing nicely what seems to be a prickly earnestness and an eagerness to convert everyone to his way of thinking. Velvet cactus, prickly pear, Bergerocactus emoryi, and cholla are widespread, often joined by box thorn, a prickly shrub in the nightshade family. He was awkward, prickly, ill-tempered, condescending and unpredictable. In addition, a pair of antennal spines flare upon attack, transforming the larva into a prickly ball, difficult for small-mouthed planktivorous fishes to swallow. The company will export several tons of fumet of prickly pears to Taiwan. I understand that feng shui practitioners swear by the deterrent of prickly cactuses, positioned close to doors and windows, but these are ugly, and may impede escape. Rya's shirt was soaked and had turned to a crimson color, her hair was covered in blood and it had started to dry, making her hair hard and prickly. To my horror I realized my eyes were all prickly and my palms sticky. She felt a prickly sensation rise over skin, as she shivered. In the split second that their gazes locked, that same prickly sensation consumed his mind as if the blood flow to his brain had suddenly been cut off. Doyle could feel a flow of power moving through Angel's hands to Cordelia's foot, and he could feel the warm, prickly sensation as the power caressed the small wound there. It's this so-called bronchial constriction that creates the tight, prickly sensation in your chest, and aerobic exercise only compounds the problem. Cara had seemed like such a prickly person that he would never have imagined, in his wildest or craziest dreams, that she was capable of breaking down like this. He could be very prickly, especially with people who disagreed with him. This is understandable since most of them take exceptional care of their face, and don't want the unnecessary irritation of a prickly face against theirs. Show More Sentences There will be few tears shed at the prospect of the skipper's demise should that happen since Gregan is a notoriously prickly character who engenders more respect than warmth. One of the reasons that I love Brendan the way I do is because he is a kind and generous person with enough room in his heart for the most prickly among us. Diversification can be a prickly topic, though, because there are no hard and fast rules about how many your should own to have a truly diversified portfolio. The day's most prickly moment surrounded one of this election year's hottest issues, and encapsulated the risky nature of an unscreened, unscripted town hall meeting. Those issues were as prickly and elusive then as they are now. Some prickly problems of racial and economic accessibility that one senses when visiting the country's galleries and museums were nowhere in evidence. Pilot seniority is paramount to the pilot group as a whole, and the Flight Options CEO is letting the pilots themselves solve this prickly problem. Other general herbs to help support digestion and circulation are prickly ash which supports peripheral circulation, particularly a foggy brain, and rosemary similarly. The historic use of prickly ash includes it as a medicine for intermittent claudication, Raynaud's disease, peripheral vascular insufficiency and muscle cramps. There aren't many places where you can see prickly pear cactus and redwood trees growing along the same trail, but that's what you'll find in Soberanes canyon. Along the way you'll see bunch grasses, annual wildflowers, and prickly pear cactus, as well as rust-and lime-colored lichens adorning banded rocks flecked with fool's gold. I ate Indian food in a strip mall surrounded by prickly pear cactus and watched movies at the three-story theater that squeezed out the independent downtown joint. A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that an extract from the skin of the prickly pear fruit has a moderate effect on hangover symptoms. The prickly pear fruit resembles a small cucumber, but with seeds distributed evenly through its flesh and with rosettes of little spines on the outside. After a while, the prickly feeling of anxiousness dulls and turns blunt. Harold Pinter earned a reputation for being notoriously pugnacious, enigmatic, taciturn, terse, prickly, explosive and forbidding. The friendship between the two men was prickly, on Olivier's side, for the rest of his life. Globe thistle produces prickly mauve spheres on silver stems ranging from 6 to 15 feet in height, depending on the species. Collared peccaries are primarily herbivores that feed on prickly pears, roots, mesquite beans, and other succulent vegetation. Other plants found on the control sites include soapweed, sand sagebrush, and prickly pear cactus. Show More Sentences She used electrolysis to banish the prickly hair from her delicate face. A prickly bindweed forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves. And such an order is observed in the aculeous prickly plantation, upon the heads of several common thistles. Indian fig or prickly pear has fruit of a similar appearance except they have spines and large seeds. He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off. He hopes to use the herb prickly ash to halt the decline of his once brilliant mind, an idea scorned by housekeeper Mrs Munro. These too are adapted to the low soil water content and have small, prickly leaves which reduce transpiration. If the manner of the telling occasionally recalls MR James's prickly, donnish narrators, that is surely apt. They also, much like peccaries, eat the cladophylls of prickly pear, the leaflike pads where the cactus stores water to survive droughts. The most abundant cacti are the chollas and prickly pears, easily recognized by their jointed stems. Soapweed was ground into feed, and spines were burned off prickly pear cactus for the same purpose. Though they are not related, mahonias and hollies have superficial similarities in terms of their shiny, often prickly foliage. CactiNea is a prickly pear cactus-fruit water extract with an exceptional indicaxanthin content, the most bioavailable betalain. The prickly pear cactus is the only plant in the world to contain all 24 known betalain antioxidants. The silence between them was prickly and oppressive, like the humid forebirth of a thunderstorm. There are cottonwoods, Russian olives, and in spring, wildflowers and prickly pear cactus in bloom. Three javelinas were about 60 yards back in the brush, feeding on some prickly pear cactuses. The drink is a blend of exotic fruits, including acai, acerola, prickly pear, yumberry, grape, green tea, pomegranate and Brazil's cupuacu. Though the woman can no longer feel the dull ache in her hip, she can feel a prickly burning in her arm where a general anesthetic drips intravenously into her veins. Therein lies their prickly problem if The Thorns hope to draw blood, their highly-derivative, West Coast country-folk-rock will have to put down roots in some earthier soil. Show More Sentences A particularly dangerous plant, and one that may cause confusion, is the apple of Sodom, a low, prickly bush with a tomatolike fruit that is highly poisonous. There is also detailed information on the nutritional content of such plants as prickly pear fruit, pinyon seeds, purslane goosefoot, and sunflower seeds. In this denuded landscape, the sole survivor engages in a daily survival routine, foraging for food among cacti, sage and prickly stunted trees known as caatinga. The prickly pear cactus is an introduced species in Australia. Annick Swenson, a brilliant but prickly ethnobotanist whose research in the remote Amazon rain forest could revolutionize fertility and childbirth. Some rare plants should also benefit including the prickly saltwort, early sand-grass, smooth cat''''s-ear, blue fleabane, sticky stork''''s-bill and dune fescue. More important was Iain Macleod's prickly relationship with Home. This reddish-brown fruit is a berry that comes from the prickly ash tree. Examples from Classical Literature In general, prickly points on the skin are modifications of ctenoid scales. The prickly ash, with its little scarlet berry, was common upon this as upon other islands, and the elms were of remarkable size. Trimble Rogers plowed through the prickly ash, short of wind and temper, with the musket again ready for action. Hereabout also was to be found the prickly ash, a rather uncommon and graceful shrub. This is excellent for any irritation of the skin, and also for prickly heat. A delicious drowsiness crept all over Bobby till his eyelids went all tickly and prickly and he rubbed both fists into them. I look upon it as one of the unaccountable fatalities of man, to be placed in the category of grievances with prickly heat. With solicitude he glanced down at the small, moist, pink, lumpy bundle of prickly heat and sore gums. The prickly pear and the fruit of the amole, or hosh-kon, are much favored when ripe. Their hair curled in little wet rings all over their heads, and their chubby arms and necks were red with prickly heat. He was now in that unpleasant state of prickly heat when testy old gentlemen could commit slaughter with ecstasy. Children who are covered with prickly heat in warm weather will be thus effectually relieved from that tormenting eruption. Abashed, prickly with uncomfortableness, Father discovered that the saloon-keeper was taking up a collection for them. Charcoal and the leaves of the prickly pear are also used for the same purpose. The only way to keep them off, is to cover the roof with a prickly shrub, the thorns of which stick to the flesh like fishhooks. Of our native plants the prickly ash, and the various species of sumach, are the best known. She had unlaid one of her black braids and was replaiting it again after the havoc wrought by the prickly bushes. They are the shrubby hare's-ear, the honeysuckle, the prickly butcher's-broom, the box. One of these, the species of cactus known as the prickly pear, the queenslander has pretty nearly all to himself. The large-flowered cerastium was here every where in abundance, and the prickly Lycopodium. Show More Sentences He wanted to re-experience the prickly delight of seeing his young wife admired and regarded with desirous eyes. Here, as in Sicily, the old lava is overgrown with prickly pear and red valerian. The latter are obovate, sharply toothed or even prickly, and often reduced to a cluster of spines. Tuna is the prickly pear, tunal, the plant that bears it, various species of opuntia. It had no gate but a gap in the fence, and no fence but a hedge of the prickly pear and the aloe. Leggings and moccasins had been sliced to pieces by the prickly pear. Mimosa trees, prickly pears, and aloes remind me that I am not in England. The ground was thick with prickly pears that pierced colter's bare feet. The fruit is a prickly, egg-shaped capsule which contains the seeds. The story is engaging and touching, and even prickly, sensitive Mira grows on the reader as the story progresses. In fact, adds Lyle Sowls, a retired University of Arizona wildlife biologist, prickly pear pads contain little protein and few nutrients. There was no answer, but the voices dropped sud denly.Sud denly we clambered through a gap in a prickly fence. The hair was wet and matted and prickly leaves were stuck in it. The prickly pear, or opuntia ficus-indica, a member of the cactus family, is native to the Americas. It's the first cactus available for backdrop, a person-high cactus of the prickly pear or opuntia variety. The story is he wasn't overfond of them after landing on a prickly blackberry bush when he was chucked out of heaven. Notice how prickly and needlelike on all sides these cedar branches are. The very sound of those words gives me a sort of prickly feeling. This is the region where the cacao-tree and prickly sarsaparilla grow. It's a frameup, that's what it is, a frameup on me and my prickly heat! Show More Sentences You won't need the wool underwear unless you get prickly heat. This and the prickly pear suggest the climate of the tropics. The soles of his feet were filled with the thorns of the prickly pear. It is an acrid, glaucous, leafy and prickly plant, with a milky juice. By the side of this cross there grew a cactus, or prickly pear. But even at its finest the prickly pear is hardly a thing to pine for. Also known as heat rash, or miliaria, prickly heat is an itchy and red skin rash which often causes a stinging, or prickling, sensation. She groped her way, touching the prickly gorse, to the door, and pushed it open. The plain, too, abounded with the prickly pear, which wounded his naked feet. Here, too, were to be found the prickly pear or Indian fig, a plant which loves a more southern climate. Among the many pillows that adorned the venerable couch was one, hard, round, covered with prickly horsehair, and furnished with a knobby button at each end. Bishop Percy, like a knight of old, laid his lance in rest and tilted against the prickly briar hedge that had grown up around the Sleeping Beauty, Romance. He pulled down a handful of prickly husks and went on eating the contents. Find more words! 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