1.   She came to the bend of the track, where the clump of twisted trees hid the view beyond.

2.   Everywhere I saw small twisted trees, which turn out to be the dwarf cypress, a species that has adapted to the shallow soil.

3.   Gonzalez blamed it on high winds and a twisted tree trunk.

4.   In his time off, he compensates by cultivating dwarf evergreens -- twisted little trees that he propagates by grafting onto rootstocks from ordinary relatives.

5.   Lightning still arcs its way down the canyon walls to strike a twisted tree.

6.   Mrs. Madden, whose roof was damaged by a falling pine, pointed to a thicket of twisted trees beside her house.

7.   The brittle volcanic rocks are absolutely black, full of fissures, shapes resembling twisted tree roots, and large gaps you must leap over.

8.   The landscape was broken only by twisted trees and scattered encampments of tents made from plastic sheeting and corrugated tin.

9.   The National Guard journeyed Wednesday down backwoods roads, clearing tons of twisted trees and home debris and helping in salvage efforts.

10.   Twisted trees.