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

They also have to remove leaves, twigs and needles from gutters, and they already cannot keep exposed firewood in piles next to their house.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

There are noises behind us, leaves crackling and twigs snapping.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen