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Recent Examples of twiggy
Their twiggy legs and bony frames exposed in bathing suits, the kids do indeed look extra vulnerable within the film’s savage landscape.
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Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 25 May 2026
Hummingbirds need the safety of shrubs and twiggy trees to perch on.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
Choose Rustic Materials Wood structures and twiggy supports throughout the garden give it a timeless charm.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2026
All types of roses, except climbing varieties, can be pruned to remove long canes, dead or declining portions and twiggy growths.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Focus on removing crossing, touching, weak, or misshapen branches that grow upwards or downwards into other layers, and remove twiggy, spindly growth down the trunk.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 18 Jan. 2026
Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 25 May 2026
Hummingbirds need the safety of shrubs and twiggy trees to perch on.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
Choose Rustic Materials Wood structures and twiggy supports throughout the garden give it a timeless charm.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2026
All types of roses, except climbing varieties, can be pruned to remove long canes, dead or declining portions and twiggy growths.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Focus on removing crossing, touching, weak, or misshapen branches that grow upwards or downwards into other layers, and remove twiggy, spindly growth down the trunk.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiggy
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The wiry right-hander bullied the Brewers across three impressive innings of Houston’s 9-2 win, continuing an impressive rookie season for one of Houston’s biggest homegrown success stories.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Chapin, the mechanic on the Shawmut crew, was a wiry 6-footer with a winking sense of humor and a penchant for machine-shop patter peppered with gleeful profanity, a likable 26-year-old who’d been a reliable factory hand and test driver before the fire.—
Eric Moskowitz,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Shredded vegetables — carrot, ginger, papaya, shallot and cucumber, some pickled and some fresh — are arranged, per the original name, over top in willowy repose.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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The first-class crew are divinely shady, with willowy Brooke Lynn Hytes making Amber a kind of drag Disney villainess.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Hand-weeding or applying appropriate herbicides when the weedy plants are young and immature will give you the best results.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 Nov. 2025
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Avoid Boxelder Trees As their name suggests, these bugs love boxelder trees, a weedy type of maple native to North America.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Sep. 2025
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He is typically depicted as a spidery figure in a black suit with a featureless white face.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 July 2025
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The original model walked with a spidery cat-eye that would have been considered bold.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Firm if slightly sweaty handshake notwithstanding, there’s a gentleness to Root; old-school manners, slender shoulders and a reedy Sheffield twang.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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Rencher, tall and reedy, was more reserved than his partner, but armed with razor-sharp wit.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Everyone is bulbous, stringy, or malformed.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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And in 2026, USF researchers forecast another record for masses of the stringy stuff beaching in Florida.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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Spitting Image has delivered a typically waspish response after Deadline revealed this week that the show had been served with a lawsuit by the owners of Paddington Bear.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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But what a response — a performance full of waspish pressing, muscular defending and precise, efficient counters.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Virginia and New Jersey lean Democratic; former Vice President Kamala Harris carried both in the 2024 election despite her loss nationally.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
5 Nov. 2025
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The polls have been tight, albeit Cook Political Report still lists it as lean Democratic.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Twiggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiggy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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