Unbrambled

As we have a near-tragedy here as well as sport of the rude and hardy life, we'll be at the heart of our tale with as swift a pace as one may run along an unbrambled trail. A long, lank, dory-form Alaskan canoe lay screened in[…]

The pins with cross-hatched, or brambled, heads share this feature with the so-called thistle brooches […] It may be noted that the side of the thistle brooches which came into contact with the dress was often left umbrambled, […]

Was there no short-cut, no unbrambled passage? I must first immerse myself deep in the wells of experience.

I checked with his doctor at the clinic, and was provided the unbrambled version of Grandma's viewpoint: Dad was in carbon dioxide narcosis, caused by his lungs' failure to rid themselves of their after-breath wastes.