akimbo

Example Sentences

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The flair stems largely from his figure’s tilted bowler hat and its somewhat akimbo power pose.

From New York Times

In one portrait, she sits with her legs akimbo in a black lace Alaïa bodysuit with her gaze directed at the viewer and her lips slightly parted.

From Washington Post

Unlike McCarron, whom I could easily picture arms akimbo on some icy summit, Mohammad does not much resemble a mountaineer.

From New York Times

Clothes lay strewn about the room — khaki shorts dangling inside out; a white T-shirt tossed over the arm of a chair; sneakers akimbo, pungent, center floor.

From New York Times

They’re diverse yet unified, like the pictures Davis constructs from squares, circles and triangles — and from crooked mouths, off-center noses and akimbo limbs.

From Washington Post