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The old willow's knotted gnarls and stumps, like so many hands, palpated all over Miss Maszkeradi's steel-spring body.

A beautiful excerpt from Sunflower 2008

The old willow's knotted gnarls and stumps, like so many hands, palpated all over Miss Maszkeradi's steel-spring body.

A Different Stripe: 2008

Panting and gasping, Harry slowed down, skirting the willow's swiping branches, peering through the darkness toward its tick trunk, trying to see the single knot in the bark of the old tree that would paralyze it.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

The willow's green-yellow canopy concealed the sky and shaded both reeve and girl from the sun.

Spirit Gate 2006

Indeed, she heard a buzz of noise out beyond the willow's canopy as though a mob gathered, with stamping and hollering and wild laughter brought on by waste wine and khaif: men working up their nerve to indulge themselves in their worst nature; men being worked up by a chieftain or overlord as music is coaxed out of an instrument by a skilled musician.

Spirit Gate 2006

Marit lay on a carpet, and when she turned her head she saw the curtain made by the willow's drooping branches, many of which swept the ground.

Spirit Gate 2006

The willow's roots plunged down into the water, and she balanced on one, looking into a clear pool for signs of fish.

Hadrian's Wall.html Dietrich, William 2004

There was a snap of brush, and the soldier Titus appeared, cutting through the willow's overhang after relieving himself.

Hadrian's Wall.html Dietrich, William 2004

As she drew herself further into the protection of the willow's overhanging branches she hoped that whoever was coming towards her would walk past her without stopping to chat.

Lesson to Learn Jordan, Penny 1997

As she drew herself further into the protection of the willow's overhanging branches she hoped that whoever was coming towards her would walk past her without stopping to chat.

Lesson to Learn Jordan, Penny 1997