twiglike
Example Sentences
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The bread basket could pass for a bakery, filled as it is with twiglike grissini, tender focaccia, an Italian roll that tastes like a flaky croissant flavored with Parmesan and sometimes even slices of pizza.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
The wrenching spectacle of child polio victims begging in that nation’s streets, with their twiglike legs folded beneath them, is now history.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 23, 2019
In fall, the short, twiglike deciduous trees scattered around should show their golden leaves.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 13, 2014
A nurse tries for half an hour to inject antibiotics into Amoni's twiglike arm, its wrinkled skin wrapped loosely around the bones.
From Time Magazine Archive
The creature’s twiglike hands moved to its face and pushed the pale clay about, making something like a nose.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
