" I tiptoed down the path and stooped behind the low wall which surrounded the stunted orchard.
An orchard surrounded it, but the trees, as is usual upon the moor, were stunted and nipped, and the effect of the whole place was mean and melancholy.
Suddenly we looked down into a cuplike depression, patched with stunted oaks and firs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm.
"His name was Ebenezer, you know—" "Is it any wonder he was thin and stunted looking?
On one side of the road rose a high, rough bank, where hazels and stunted oaks, with their roots half exposed, held uncertain tenure: the soil was too loose for the latter; and strong winds had blown some nearly horizontal.
I explained that they were bare masses of stone, with hardly enough earth in their clefts to nourish a stunted tree.
Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun.
There only remained here and there a few twisted, stunted pines, which must have had a hard life in resisting at this altitude the high winds from the open sea.
The river became strong almost directly between the two walls of granite, which began to sink above the mouth; it then suddenly turned and disappeared beneath a wood of stunted trees half a mile off.
A life devoted to one thing is a stunted life, while a pluralistic life is an abundant one.
He was a dwarf, half his brother's height, struggling to keep pace on stunted legs.
The tall boy beside him could only be the crown prince, and that stunted little man behind them was surely the Imp, Tyrion Lannister.
"Woz is very bright in some areas, but he's almost like a savant, ",, since he was so stunted when it came to dealing with people he didn't know," said Jobs.
While it's true that your hair probably hasn't stopped growing altogether, there are some factors that can slow the growth or make it seem like the growth has been stunted.
Svend Brinkmann from Aalborg University says forcing ourselves to be happy all the time could leave us emotionally stunted.
"Poverty has stunted further growth in Internet users, which has kept the Net user population to around 50 percent," Li said.
Furthermore, studies have linked tablet usage to stunted development in toddlers.
Malnutrition has traditionally been associated with children who are starving, have stunted growth and are prone to infection.
Mercer said that rankings were affected by "volatile markets and stunted economic growth in many parts of the world".
This results in many physical problems, such as short-sightedness and stunted growth.
