skinniness

Example Sentences

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She talks about so-and-so’s skinniness as compared to your daughter’s?

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2019

But while our experiences vary, skinniness isn’t a free pass from the burdens of self-consciousness and the psychic struggle that a ruthlessly superficial society inflicts.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2015

Despite his youth and beanpole skinniness, Mr. Benson — wide-eyed but deadpan in manner — already has the height of a grown-up.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2012

Even in her early films, her height, her skinniness and her wistfulness combined to get her noticed.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2011

He stared down at my dirty clothes, my skinniness, the squirming bundle at my back.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer