- present tense form of twig (3rd person singular).
twigs
Example Sentences
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Some create burrows in the ground, others use cavities in wood such as tree hollows or fallen branches, and some nest inside plant stems or small existing holes in twigs.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 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
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
You can’t build a house with pine cones, needles and twigs, but you can power a bioenergy plant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Another nest was made of leaves and twigs that hung like a basket from a tree.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
