Adam's smile grew crooked, and she recognized the look in his eye.

For the garden the dwarfed varieties should be chosen as the tall sorts grow rather slender and crooked.

The shoot was seven feet long, straight for four feet before other branches had begun to interfere and it had grown crooked.

Smoke trails grew crooked and feathery as they dissipated in the breeze.

Watching the bar grow crooked, I saw a little blood ooze from under his finger-nails.

His nails were over four inches long and tipped by protective gold sheaths that kept them from growing crooked.

It's low, it grows out crooked, slanting from the slope toward the lake.

The general's smile grew more crooked still.

The tree's tendency to grow crooked does not help its reputation as a source of usable lumber.