Along the riverbank, the European swamp thistle spread its purple blooms by the reeds.

A roadside thistle swayed in the summer breeze beside the narrow lane.

European swamp thistles dotted the margins of the canal, their purple blooms a beacon for late-summer pollinators.

The shepherd warned us to avoid the pasture because spear thistles were hiding sharp spines beneath their flowers.

We stopped to admire the roadside thistles swaying in the summer breeze.

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.