akimbo

Example Sentences

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Only the huge boots and akimbo shirt collar remind viewers of his frontier background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

For Season 1, he gave Mark S. that burden, except Mark is holding a group of other Marks, limbs akimbo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

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 • Apr. 9, 2022

The 16-foot-high gilded crucifix is stored in crated sections, Jesus lying akimbo in the garage.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

He frowns at me for a moment, arms akimbo.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen