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

The comedian then proceeds to hop ecstatically across the stage with one leg akimbo: “That song was penned with a toucan’s beak dipped in ink while riding a zebra side-saddle.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

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 • Feb. 11, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

She stands there, arms akimbo, staring at me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen