It was a sturdy hardwood branch an inch thick and about two feet long.

If there is room for just one large tree, a platform may be built across some sturdy branches to provide a leafy den.

Mylikki went pale, but did as she was told, returning a moment later with two sturdy branches.

He'd moved under branches sturdy enough to stop or at least slow the falling tree's impact.

Lewis may be a tree trunk, but this pair serves as sturdy branches.

The girl was poised on a sturdy branch of a tall oak.

Diego found a sturdy branch, though he knew it wouldn't be much good as protection against wild animals.

From the lowest sturdy branch, he managed to pluck something, but his hand came away gooey.

"Yes," the bird said, hopping down to a lower, sturdier branch.

I made myself comfortable on a sturdy branch, my back to the trunk of the tree.