Her jaw was massive, specialized to chew tough branches that grew locally.

The Marines had a reputation for being the toughest branch of the military service, and the tougher anything was, Buford thought, the better he liked it.

It is very well adapted to cope with heavy snow and ice loads, with tough branches, and the drooping branchlets shedding snow readily.

It does not create much leaf litter, and it is storm-firm due to its deep roots and tough branches.

Instead of soft, thin tendrills that I could push aside with my hands, the bushes now had thick tough branches.

She struggled to force the edge down into the tough old branch.

He raised his staff vertically so that he could move without it catching in the tough branches and broke into a trot.

Grabbing the tough branches of a berry bush, she leaned out just far enough to snap the loop around the head of the bird.

And then, when the war broke out, you didn't continue safe in your studies, you enlisted, in one of the toughest branches at that.

He can feel tough branches of ivy, like the bones of a large, fleshless hand, poking into his back.