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- noun Plural form of
thorn .
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Examples
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You cursed at my roses, growing over the porch rail, covering in thorns the very thing you needed to grab onto.
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You cursed at my roses, growing over the porch rail, covering in thorns the very thing you needed to grab onto.
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Too frightened to tell the truth, she said she had been injured by thorns from a date tree.
Catholic Relief Services: Help for Sri Lanka's Abused Maids Catholic Relief Services 2010
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You cursed at my roses, growing over the porch rail, covering in thorns the very thing you needed to grab onto.
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Nearby are images of Jesus in thorns and the Archangel.
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Too frightened to tell the truth, she said she had been injured by thorns from a date tree.
Catholic Relief Services: Help for Sri Lanka's Abused Maids Catholic Relief Services 2010
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Too frightened to tell the truth, she said she had been injured by thorns from a date tree.
Catholic Relief Services: Help for Sri Lanka's Abused Maids Catholic Relief Services 2010
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Too frightened to tell the truth, she said she had been injured by thorns from a date tree.
Catholic Relief Services: Help for Sri Lanka's Abused Maids Catholic Relief Services 2010
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Too frightened to tell the truth, she said she had been injured by thorns from a date tree.
Catholic Relief Services: Help for Sri Lanka's Abused Maids Catholic Relief Services 2010
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The Traditional Values Coalition produced a “wanted poster” in which Jesus Christ, wearing a crown of thorns, is wanted for violating the proposed hate crimes bill.
Civil Rights 2010
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