1988 - Stargazer led the way out, cutting swiftly between trees, dodging branches and low-hanging limbs that I took full in the face, the little stickery needles going down my neck and into my underwear. - Stargazer: Book One of the Stargazer Trilogy p. 179 ISBN:0914955039
1990 - Blackberries could be had for the picking from the tangled, stickery vines that grew along the Santa Fe right-of-way which bordered the Dent farm - Bigger Than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage p. 52 ISBN:0879724714
1997 - The first time I zigged when my horse zagged to avoid a cactus patch, I walked home a stickery, tearful mess. Mom plucked out all the cactus she could find... - Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West page 191 ISBN:0395901316
1999 - Spikes stickery and readily adhering to clothing or hands if touched; plants of only local abundance - Weeds of the North Central States p. 274 ISBN:0788177605
2000 - All species of barberry (Herberts spp.) have stickery thorns, which can be useful in a barrier hedge along the edge of the yard - The Tree & Shrub Finder: Choosing the Best Plants for Your Yard p. 117 ISBN:1561582581
2007 - Luckily there weren't very many stickery wild roses growing in the ditch we plowed through on our elbows. - Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver p. 462
