Translation examples
She scooted past him into the office, stretching her twiglike fingers.
Ella pasó a su lado y entró en la oficina, estirando sus dedos como ramitas.
His fingers, swollen-knuckled and twiglike, fumbled with the topaz that hung on a heavy silver chain about his neck.
Sus dedos, de nudillos hinchados y frágiles como ramitas, buscaron el topacio que le colgaba del cuello y su pesada cadena de plata.
The creature's twiglike hands moved to its face and pushed the pale clay about, making something like a nose. It said nothing.
Las manos de la criatura, semejantes a ramitas, se acercaron a la cara y manipularon su pálida arcilla, formando una especie de nariz que no emitió ningún ruido.
His glasses were so big it was as if he had stolen them from his old man, and every time I thought of him, I pictured him pushing those huge specs up on the bridge of his nose with one extended twiglike finger.
Tenía unas gafas tan grandes que parecía que se las hubiera robado a su viejo, y cada vez que pensaba en él, me lo imaginaba subiéndose esas gafas hasta el puente de la nariz con un dedo extendido que parecía una ramita.
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