She picked a sloe from the hedgerow and hesitated before biting into its astringent flesh.

In autumn we picked wild sloes from the hedgerow to make a tart, tangy jam.

She stirred a spoonful of sugar into her glass of sloe gin before topping it with sparkling water.

The sloe-eyed musician closed her eyes and lost herself in the melody.

In late autumn, the children gathered black, tart berries from the sloe-bushes to make jam.

A sloe bush along the hedgerow was heavy with dark berries after the frost.

We walked slowly along the lane bordered by sloe bushes heavy with dark, tart fruit.

The painter set up his easel beside the sloe-bush to capture the autumn light.

At the village fair, several artisanal sloe gins sat in a row, their deep crimson hues catching the afternoon light.

Along the lane, a solitary sloebush burst into pale flowers despite the frost.