A neglected, straggly tree, on the other hand, suggests a slovenly homeowner.

The voices were coming from a copse of straggly trees.

It was several hundred yards before they came to the first straggly trees that signaled the start of the foothills.

Then I spied the view from our bungalow through the straggly trees to the water below.

It is a rather straggly tree, with sharp, 3-6 cm long stem spines in the leaf axils.

In the V-shaped crevice at the bottom of the hill, a small copse of brush and a few straggly trees still stood.

Take another look at the walls and those straggly trees.

There, what struck him most was a straggly tree in the courtyard of their house.

This one was all rocks, with a hump in the middle and a few straggly trees.