Maples, dogwoods, grape, and sumac twinkle and dance with particulate color in any little breeze, and the decorated twigs of sourwood trees swoop out like plump birds scattering.
There are not many boats in this little river;only a few dinghies, laden with dry branches and twigs, are moving leisurely along to the tired plash!plash!of their oars.
And the following day, I saw him pick a leafy twig and strip the leaves, so not only was he using objects as tools but modifying those objects to make tools.
Or, a sudden jerk: my head snapped back in the accident. To snap something off is to break it, and it makes a nice satisfying snap sound. You can snap a twig off a branch.