slender
Example Sentences
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I exit the inn just as a slender man with dark hair jogs by.
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At exercise time, a crowd gathered in the prison yard -- young and old, slender and paunchy, all with shaved heads.
From Barron's
Mom peeks through a slender gap in our curtains—to be sure it’s her, I guess.
From Literature
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An attritional 18-play drive lasting nearly 10 minutes led to a field goal and slender lead for New England.
From Barron's
Ahead of this weekend's trip to third-placed Marseille, Lens have managed to maintain their slender one-point lead in recent weeks to boost their hopes of a second French top-flight title and first since 1998.
From Barron's
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