The meadow was dotted with nodding thistles that swayed gently in the breeze.

Musk thistles lined the roadside, their purple flowers swaying in the late summer breeze.

Late in summer, the marsh was alive with cotton thistles, their white tufts glowing in the setting sun.

Every summer the bees flock to the globe thistles at the end of our lane.

We found several pine thistles along the forest trail, their sharp spines catching the sunlight.

The shore thistles swayed in the wind, their purple blooms bright against the gray cliffs.

Russian thistles rolled across the highway after the storm, scattering seeds wherever they went.

The path was lined with tall thistles that swayed in the breeze.

Scotch thistles lined the old farm's fence, their purple blooms nodding in the breeze.

The herbalist carefully harvested several blessed thistles from the sunny hillside for her remedies.