Get to know Tumbleweed better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like shrub or bush.
Tumbleweed meaning
- Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
- Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
- A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
Synonyms of Tumbleweed
Using Tumbleweed
- The main meaning on this page is: Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc. | Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds. | A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
- Useful related words include: shrub, bush, amaranthus graecizans, amaranthus albus.
- In the example corpus, tumbleweed often appears in combinations such as: as tumbleweed, the tumbleweed.
Context around Tumbleweed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tumbleweed
- In this selection, "tumbleweed" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, contrast, hybrid, property, dispensary and liquors stand out and add context to how "tumbleweed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ad for tumbleweed property management and and the tumbleweed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tumbleweed" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tumbleweed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They brought the whistling and the tumbleweed. (7 words)
The wind storm brought something else to Tumbleweed Gulch. (9 words)
One challenge we have when it comes to high winds is tumbleweed. (12 words)
Then I remembered that advertising for weed is illegal in CO,and that it's an ad for Tumbleweed Property Management, which happens to be in the same location as Tumbleweed Dispensary (right next to the drive-thru weedery and Tumbleweed Liquors). (42 words)
From the southern tip of the San Luis River below Tumbleweed to the coasts of Iron Lake to the swamps of Lemoyne, the Largemouth Bass can be seen jumping out of the water. (33 words)
California has enough to worry about on the invasive species front, thank you very much, but it's now also home to a monster hybrid tumbleweed. (26 words)
Example sentences (13)
Then I remembered that advertising for weed is illegal in CO,and that it's an ad for Tumbleweed Property Management, which happens to be in the same location as Tumbleweed Dispensary (right next to the drive-thru weedery and Tumbleweed Liquors).
A marketer or founder came along, set everything up, uploaded some videos and then… tumbleweed.
One challenge we have when it comes to high winds is tumbleweed.
When we saw pictures of Jake Paul walking in, by contrast, tumbleweed at best.
From the southern tip of the San Luis River below Tumbleweed to the coasts of Iron Lake to the swamps of Lemoyne, the Largemouth Bass can be seen jumping out of the water.
If the Southeastern Conference had a mascot, it would be a tumbleweed for all the stadiums that will sit empty on Saturday.
They brought the whistling and the tumbleweed.
Tufts of dog hair float in the hallway like tumbleweed on a western prairie.
California has enough to worry about on the invasive species front, thank you very much, but it's now also home to a monster hybrid tumbleweed.
It was during the 1970s that “Colorado Lace” or tumbleweed, became the chandelier’s traditional decorative cover.
Since then, she has stayed in school, finally finding a home with the Tumbleweed transitional housing program.
The wind storm brought something else to Tumbleweed Gulch.
In this state, often the whole fungus becomes detached from the ground and may roll around as a tumbleweed does.
Common combinations with tumbleweed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as tumbleweed 2×
- the tumbleweed 2×