- present tense form of twig (3rd person singular).
twigs
Example Sentences
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Bird nests, for example, rely on a network of interwoven twigs and fibers to maintain their structure.
From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026
British music star FKA twigs is to play Josephine Baker in a new biopic of the Roaring Twenties icon who became a hero of the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Naturally, Lowery’s own artistic collaborators are firing on all cylinders, from Andrew Droz Palermo’s lushly surreal cinematography to original songs by FKA twigs, Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX, supported by a score by Daniel Hart.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Remarkably, it turns out, the trunk, branches, twigs and leaves of the tree itself—the species populating it—furnish the mechanical components of such a device.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
With a final growl, it wolfishly snapped the barn boards like twigs.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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