twiggy
Example Sentences
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Weyerhaeuser trained an AI model to pore over drone footage and calculate seedling survival rates, which are typically obtained by sending foresters to count twiggy young trees in rugged or sweltering terrain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Older children will revel in being in on the joke: The beasts are the household cat and dog, the dragon is a leafy tree with twiggy teeth and the intruder is the kids’ mom.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
Amur maple is a small twiggy tree with a shrubby low-branching habit, although you’ll find most nursery trees trained as a single trunk.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2021
After flowering, it resorts to being a dull, twiggy shrub for 50 weeks of the year.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2021
The little one was wearing the watch—it dangled around his twiggy wrist.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
