How to Use hawthorn in a Sentence

hawthorn

noun

• The hawthorn’s branches and red berries are part of the town’s seal.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 13 July 2018
• According to Irish lore, the bush-like hawthorn trees on the park perimeter are where the fairies meet.
  — Amy Tara Koch, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2018
• Some 8.4 million trees dot the city: birch, lime, apple, sycamore, oak, hawthorn, and many more.
  — National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2017
• The lily of the valley and hawthorn also represent those born in May.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• The restaurant is designed with lots of white and pops of juicy red, chosen to mimic the color of the berries on a hawthorn tree.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2020
• Carissa hollies are ideal change-outs for the hawthorns.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 13 June 2018
• The hawthorn tree outside reveals the answer to the riddle from the winter before: the flowers are red.
  — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Woodcock can also be found mixed in with ruffed grouse in aspen stands and thickets of dogwood and hawthorn.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023
• While the wort is boiling, put the hawthorn berries ina blender, cover with wort (liqwuied from the brewpot—caution: hot), and carefully purée.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
• While the wort is boiling, put the hawthorn berries ina blender, cover with wort (liqwuied from the brewpot—caution: hot), and carefully purée.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
• The shape of the Green Man, crowned in natural foliage, is formed of leaves of oak, ivy and hawthorn, and the emblematic flowers of the United Kingdom.
  — Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
• Thorny scrub — hawthorn, blackthorn, dog rose and bramble — punched through fields that, only a few years earlier, were maize and barley as far as the eye could see.
  — Isabella Tree, Time, 3 Oct. 2019
• The three plants Bautista-Carolina uses most often in heart medicines are rose, violet and hawthorn.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2020
• The Green Man is crowned with natural foliage including ivy, oak and hawthorn which are U.K. symbols.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• The targets are not only those in the willow and cedar families that are staples of the beaver’s diet, but also pine and hawthorn trees that don’t have the type of bark the creatures prefer.
  — Kip Hill, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2018
• In autumn, the ginko tree, serviceberry and aspen change to golden yellow while the Russian hawthorns bear fruits.
  — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, 29 June 2019
• Plants with broadleaves like ligustrum, Indian hawthorn, loropetalum and azaleas can be trimmed back to bare stems, but if a few leaves are left, the recovery is often faster.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 20 July 2019
• Young, who planted the park’s centerpiece — a Yoshino Cherry tree — around 15 years ago, said there are also maples, hawthorns and yew shrubs that are original to the park.
  — Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, 10 Aug. 2017
• Hedges, mostly hawthorn and blackthorn, are a distinctive feature of the British countryside.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020
• Washington hawthorn is also very tolerant of most soils, even clay.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
• Along the sides of the fountain are cockspur hawthorns, low hanging-trees that create a canopy over the entire space during the summer, making this the perfect spot for a shady afternoon spent with a book.
  — chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• That disease may attack any member of the rose family, including hawthorns, mountain ash and spirea as well as apples, pears and of course roses.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 31 Jan. 2018
• And to make matters worse, Indian hawthorns, their closely related cousins, are now being ravaged by the very same disease.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Thousands of cicadas gathered on one hawthorn tree, turning its trunk into a pointillist painting humming with life.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021
• Similar diseases called cedar-quince rust and cedar-hawthorn rust affect junipers and other trees that, like apples, are members of the rose family.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2018
• This fragrance is elevated with honeyed hawthorn for added texture, while the signature notes of Haitian vetiver and warm cedarwood offer the scent of a fresh and clean wood.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• Many aquatic plants, such as water hawthorn, are potted in submerged containers to prevent roots from spreading.
  — Karen Bruno, WSJ, 23 June 2021
• Yellowed redtip photinias and Indian hawthorns, often with maroon freckles all over their leaves.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 13 June 2018
• Here, hawthorn takes over natural areas like prairies and savannas, shading out native plants.
  — oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2019
• Oaks are the number one choice, followed by willow, cherry, birch, crabapple, maple, pine, hickory, hawthorn and spruce, in descending order.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2024