lissome
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Lissome and alluring in her prime — she had been a Miss America finalist at 20 — Ms. Leachman often played down or even grotesquely obscured her looks on-screen.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021
Now they assumed baroque form: Spy Elf of the Morning Hallelujahs, Parakeet of the Lissome Star.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2015
Lissome Elisabeth got her picture in the tabloids, received at least one offer of adoption, 50, proposals and a free English course from the Linguaphone Institute of America.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lissome, leggy, striking, Joan, 36, ought to be a visible asset to any campaign.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lissome shapes crept along the terraces between the stolid wooden statues, or, bolder, scampered the whole length of the great veranda.
From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret
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