Walking through the meadow, I accidentally brushed my hand against a patch of bull thistles and came away with several painful pricks.

The sculpture's thistlelike spikes caught the light, casting intricate shadows across the gallery floor.

I spent the afternoon sorting through this and that on my desk, trying to find the missing report.

Blow this for a game of soldiers, I'm not sticking around to clean up anyone else's mess.

When I encounter a new word, I usually ask someone, how do you pronounce this word, so I can learn the correct pronunciation.

riddle me this: what has keys but can't open locks?

When I first learned Thistlethwaite's algorithm, I was amazed by how it divides the possible Rubik's Cube positions into manageable groups to solve the puzzle.

The artist tried to capture the thisness of the old oak tree in her painting.

If we leave now, this'll save us time later.

You can choose this, that, or the other depending on what fits your needs.