| Fire exclusion has diminished natural pine reproduction as more fire-sensitive hardwoods, vines, briars, and forbs invade the understory. |
| The songs on the Ethan Johns-produced follow-up I Speak Because I Can likewise had the stark, thorny simplicity of overgrown briars, though her talent seemed to be growing with the predatory speed of briars, too. |
| With thorns and briars of the wilderness he scourges the elders of succoth. |
| Conditions were heinous, the largely off-trail section proving unrideable due to dense forest, boggy peat, streams, briars, bushes and steep gradients. |
| He looked down and saw a leg sticking up out of heavy briars. |
| Glen smiled at the thought of a dirty forest with trees, briars, and wild animals. |
