Gorse is an English word with synonyms like furze or whin. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gorse meaning
An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
Using Gorse
- The main meaning on this page is: An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
- Useful related words include: furze, whin, irish gorse, ulex europaeus.
- In the example corpus, gorse often appears in combinations such as: the gorse, gorse fire, gorse and.
Context around Gorse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gorse
- In this selection, "gorse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, large, fescue, uses, fire, hill and woodland stand out and add context to how "gorse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the gorse hill area and a large gorse fire in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gorse" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gorse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Without that, the 2019 champion’s ball was bound for a gorse bush. (13 words)
On Sunday, firefighters tackled a large gorse fire in the Mourne Mountains close to Spelga Dam. (16 words)
The other varieties were susceptible to vermin, including rabbits and hares, but ‘‘nothing will touch gorse’’. (16 words)
The origin of this phrase applied to common grazing rights, where everyone in the parish can graze their livestock on common ground, but no one has the incentive to ensure it is properly managed, not overgrazed, and maintained free of gorse and bracken. (43 words)
They have a taste somewhere between coconut and pea (you might have experienced that tropical coconut smell when walking among gorse on a sunny day – in fact, the flowers will be sweeter and tastier when harvested in sunlight). (39 words)
The memory of such a ruler would be likely to survive in tradition, and it seems probable therefore that he is the person commemorated in Manx legend under the name of King Gorse or Orry. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gorse, woodland and wheelie bins were set on fire over this period with police confirming that each incident is being investigated.
Nev said: "Myself and other trustees now work maintenance, and everybody says how great the gorse looks.
On Sunday, firefighters tackled a large gorse fire in the Mourne Mountains close to Spelga Dam.
At Silk Willoughby, in Gorse Lane, on October 5, drove when the proportion of benzoylecgonine in blood equalled 240 microgrammes per litre.
Clarkin is the expert in agronomy and with blown-out sand features combined with fescue, gorse, heather and broom, it will have a unique, natural look.
For one dish Calum uses gorse flowers, and in another meadowsweets, nearing the end of their season right now.
The other varieties were susceptible to vermin, including rabbits and hares, but ‘‘nothing will touch gorse’’.
Without that, the 2019 champion’s ball was bound for a gorse bush.
A man has been charged in relation to a reported arson incident which led to a gorse fire in Donegal.
Drab unshorn hedgebanks and regenerating woodland masking abandoned market gardens and historic mine workings brighten in today’s sunshine, glossing ripe ivy berries, gilding yellow gorse and masses of catkins.
The origin of this phrase applied to common grazing rights, where everyone in the parish can graze their livestock on common ground, but no one has the incentive to ensure it is properly managed, not overgrazed, and maintained free of gorse and bracken.
They have a taste somewhere between coconut and pea (you might have experienced that tropical coconut smell when walking among gorse on a sunny day – in fact, the flowers will be sweeter and tastier when harvested in sunlight).
This morning in Wicklow, raging gorse fires have caused the Military Road to be closed between Sally Gap and Glencree.
A traditional links course, although relatively short by modern standards, the strong prevailing south-westerly winds, fast greens, gorse bushes and traditional deep links bunkers make this a stern test for any golfer.
Fairy gold is notoriously unreliable, appearing as gold when paid but soon thereafter revealing itself to be leaves, gorse blossoms, gingerbread cakes, or a variety of other comparatively worthless things.
Other areas are either a dry heath/acidic grassland mosaic, characterised by heaths and western gorse (Ulex gallii), or semi-improved acidic grassland in which Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) is abundant.
Speedway operated at a track in the Gorse Hill area of Swindon in the early days of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Swindon also has a foundation learning programme called Include, which is situated in the Gorse Hill area.
The memory of such a ruler would be likely to survive in tradition, and it seems probable therefore that he is the person commemorated in Manx legend under the name of King Gorse or Orry.
There are three permanent Park and Ride sites located at Meynells Gorse (Leicester Forest East), Birstall and Enderby; buses operate every 15 mins from all sites.
Common combinations with gorse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: