Her loud singing of television commercials soon began to nettle him. From LearnThat.org.
A monkey, poison to a nettle, and folly to a fool, they called a nettle. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
But an invasive pest called the nettle moth caterpillar can take the fun out. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to US scientists find key to creating drought resistant crops] Reference
The sting of the nettle is a very curious and interesting object under the microscope. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
This year we are grasping an even more difficult nettle, which is human rights in the two traditions. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian Interview] Reference
He also stopped to point out the various plantlife, like a strange plant called a 'nettle'. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
We call a nettle but a nettle and. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of Coriolanus] Reference
The nettle is just halfway between these two extremes. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
If he be well, it will nettle him in spite of resignation. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
"Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.". From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
"Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.". From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The same treatment may be used in nettle rash or prickly heat. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Botanists used to classify hops as a member of the nettle family. From Wordnik.com. [Beer: The pursuit of hoppiness] Reference
It resembles in appearance the sting of a nettle -- hence the name. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
In the nettle it takes the form of a tiny, seed-like, flattened nut. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
It was like taking the sting out of a nettle, by grasping it suddenly. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
Roman nettle; the first two are very common, the last very rare indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
So true is it that beside the nettle ever grows the cure for its sting. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
The curious spiked and spotted caterpillar feeds upon the common nettle. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885] Reference
But the sting certainly does not exhaust the whole philosophy of the nettle. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Among the forest trees are also several kinds of tree-ferns and a tree-nettle. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
But the nettle probably carries the same tendency to the furthest possible limit. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
I ardently hope that 'out of the nettle, danger, he will pluck the flower, safety.'. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Ramie is a member of the nettle family and attains a height of from four to eight feet. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
"Perhaps there's a stinging-nettle or two labelled with your name," she answered lightly. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
This is non-irritating, and will destroy hog lice, and will heal the pustules of nettle rash. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
She had discovered nettle plants growing, and needed to destroy them before things went further. From Wordnik.com. [Her Own Music] Reference
And thus we should in every point of view, "out of this nettle danger, pluck the flower safety.". From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
That is because the nettle is wind-fertilized, and so does not need bright and attractive petals. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
The unofficial opposition, the anti-Blair press, is a constant nettle, but not much more than that. From Wordnik.com. [A QUESTION OF WHEN] Reference
Alf Ramsey grasped that nettle when he made Nobby Stiles a vital component of his World Cup-winning team. From Wordnik.com. [The heart sinks as Fabio Capello misses chance to make a fresh start] Reference
Believe me, I am perfectly aware of your inquisitive nature, and I know that this omission may nettle you. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Neither Germany nor France had a Ronald Reagan or a Lady Thatcher; the next chancellor will have to grasp the nettle of reform. From Wordnik.com. [Germany At A Turning Point] Reference
The white dead nettle, a small, common perennial with white flowers, has been blooming in January rather than March, 55 days early. From Wordnik.com. [Will We Ever Stop Global Warming?] Reference
Stinging nettle leafEarly evidence suggests that extracts of this plant might fight inflammation and modestly curb hay-fever symptoms. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal hay fever remedies to watch out for] Reference
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