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
Let them scramble over a “sort of geodesic dome,” he suggested, formed of twiggy branches “bent down into a half-bubble,” inspired by Clematis he saw grown that way in England.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
They shed their limbs, become a drifting blob and morph into polyps, twiggy growths that attach to rocks or plants.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Instead, the facility’s various chemicals and experiments transform Alec Holland into the green, leafy, twiggy Swamp Thing.
From The Verge ● May 31, 2019
"Sandi wanted to look like those twiggy models. She was a looker, that one, and I guess it went to her head. There are four girls, you know."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
