Sentence examples for narrow trunk from inspiring English sources

It is proving to be a slim elegant tree, upright in habit with its brittle branches held alternately along its narrow trunk.

They lay carnations next to moldering wreaths and write messages of condolence on placards, a fire hydrant, the narrow trunk of a tree.

Below, a narrow trunk, slightly wider at the bottom than the top, protects the weight, and at the bottom a wider compartment contains the lower part of the pendulum.

For example, along with the short-limbed dwarfism characteristic of achondroplasia, some individuals with this disorder also exhibit a long, narrow trunk, a large head with frontal bossing, and hyperextensibility of most joints, especially the knees.

It stood over the patio and in the summers it produced so much fruit that my brothers and I could not eat enough to keep up with it, though we tried, scurrying up its narrow trunk and picking as many as we thought we could handle.

The radiological features of TDI such as narrow trunk, curved femurs and platyspondyly were observed in all pathological fetuses.

Like so many armbands, fuscia-colored plastic tape mark wide and narrow trunks for death and dismemberment.

Fern stems vary from the tall, narrow trunks of certain tree ferns that reach 25 metres (80 feet) tall down to clumped or creeping rootstocks, or rhizomes.

Like many rainforest species they're rather alien-looking: a Dr Seuss-like tree of dark purple fruit sprouting in grape-like clusters from its narrow, straight trunk.

Narrow the trunk fold sideways, part of the section will lift up, encourage it to do so and squash it flat.

Picea sitchensis envelope width over the 3 to 66 cm DBH range was very similar to that of the other softwoods, just shifted downward, perhaps reflecting a shorter growth habit or narrower upper trunk.