The Latin name Clematis occidentalis means long supple branches from the west.

Sophia idly brushed her fingers over the wall of yew beside her, bending the supple green branches.

He twisted the supple green branch around his forefinger.

The scene shifted and she again saw the bend and shimmer dance of leaf tufts on supple branches in the forest outside.

White pines have long green tassels of soft, luxurious needles, but ornaments of any weight slip off the supple branches.

The sun was just coming over the edge of earth, its first rays changing the supple branches of a weeping willow into fronds of gold.

This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.

He tried to reach the powerknife in his belt; the supple branches bent, but not enough.

The supple branch acted like a powerful lever.

He did the same thing there, bending down the supple branches until they reached and rested on top of those bent down from the other tree.