twig
noun
a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
twigs
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present tense formof twig (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Nearby is one of the movie’s crudely constructed stick figures — a reminder that sometimes a few twigs and some twine are all it takes to lodge an image permanently in the culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I found myself surprisingly moved by the meditative activities and programming, even if it felt silly at first to be constructing a mandala with leaves and twigs in the middle of a workweek.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
Bird nests, for example, rely on a network of interwoven twigs and fibers to maintain their structure.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
With a final growl, it wolfishly snapped the barn boards like twigs.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
