Thistle is an English word with synonyms like weed. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Thistle in a sentence
Related words
Thistle meaning
- Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
- An image of this plant used as a charge.
Synonyms of Thistle
Using Thistle
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts. | This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland. | An image of this plant used as a charge.
- Useful related words include: weed.
- In the example corpus, thistle often appears in combinations such as: caley thistle, partick thistle, caledonian thistle.
Context around Thistle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thistle
- In this selection, "thistle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, caley, partick, armadale, women, whilst and player stand out and add context to how "thistle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against strathspey thistle at north and bonnyton thistle fell to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thistle" sits close to words such as adversary, bleed and compel, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thistle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Caley Thistle won their first Scottish Cup back in 2015. (10 words)
A long ball over the defence from Cairn Giles caused havoc in the Thistle defence. (15 words)
The former Inverness Thistle and then Caley Thistle No.1 fits the “bit of a character” billing to a tee. (20 words)
A first home clash in the second tier beckons next weekend when they host Partick Thistle, a side who just missed out on promotion to the Premiership last term in an agonising play-off defeat to Ross County on penalties. (40 words)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle – formed through a merger of Inverness Thistle and Inverness Caledonian – and Ross County were elected to the Scottish Football League in 1994 – both sides reached the top flight within 18 years. (34 words)
Following 89 games for Partick Thistle whom he captained to the new 1st Division Title, he joined Morton as player/manager but after six games hung up his boots to concentrate on managing. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Linlithgow lost their opening match in the competition, to Armadale Thistle, whilst the Pars won theirs 4-1 against Edinburgh Uni Thistle.
Striker Scotty Moore founded FC Thistle with fellow former Forres Mechanics team-mates Mattie Davidson and Ross Macpherson, and ex-Forres Thistle player Craig Short.
The former Inverness Thistle and then Caley Thistle No.1 fits the “bit of a character” billing to a tee.
This Sunday, Dunfermline travel to Edinburgh University Thistle, where a victory, combined with a loss for Edinburgh South at league leaders Armadale Thistle, would see them move into third place.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle – formed through a merger of Inverness Thistle and Inverness Caledonian – and Ross County were elected to the Scottish Football League in 1994 – both sides reached the top flight within 18 years.
A first home clash in the second tier beckons next weekend when they host Partick Thistle, a side who just missed out on promotion to the Premiership last term in an agonising play-off defeat to Ross County on penalties.
After admiring her dress, it’s clear to see a strange yellow mark on Thistle’s breast, which looks suspiciously like a hickey.
Allardice signed for Caley Thistle in 2020, making over 100 appearances for the club and most recently helping Inverness to the Scottish Cup final.
A long ball over the defence from Cairn Giles caused havoc in the Thistle defence.
As a result, she was unable to participate in Hearts’ 4-1 victory over Partick Thistle last weekend and Olid confirms that she will be out for some time.
A superb display from midfielder Jack MacIver inspired Buckie Thistle to a 5-2 victory over 10-man Wick Academy at Victoria Park.
Bonnyton Thistle fell to defeat at home to Glasgow Perthshire with the away side leaving Ayrshire with all three points after a 4-2 win.
Buckie Thistle defeated Nairn County at Victoria Park to maintain their six-point lead at the top of the Highland League table.
But with Inverness Caledonian Thistle and the prospect of the treble awaiting at Hampden on Saturday, some tightening up was required.
Caley Thistle Women manager Karen Mason has urged her side to challenge for a place in the top half ahead of the SWF Championship split.
Caley Thistle Women secured a win in their penultimate SWF Championship fixture as Karen Mason’s side beat Greenock Morton 4-2 on the road.
Caley Thistle won their first Scottish Cup back in 2015.
Cameron Eadie's red card with 20 minutes left gave Thistle a glimmer of hope, but they were unable to make the most of the man advantage.
Following 89 games for Partick Thistle whom he captained to the new 1st Division Title, he joined Morton as player/manager but after six games hung up his boots to concentrate on managing.
Formartine United picked up their first win of the season with a 4-0 success against Strathspey Thistle at North Lodge Park.
Common combinations with thistle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: