beanpole

Example Sentences

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Then there is Milton, a 6-foot, 7-inch beanpole who loves playing Pokémon and appears to take his facial hair manscaping cues from a walrus.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

And it certainly wasn’t the mentality that father and head coach Bill Bedgood tried to instill all these years in his sprouting 6-foot-9 beanpole of a son.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2023

It wasn’t until the summer of 2019 that Desouza came across an open casting call looking for a Michael Cooper type: someone 6-foot or above who played basketball and was shaped like a beanpole.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2022

I was very skinny as a child, in fact, I looked pretty much like a beanpole until I left school.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2019

One of the two men, a great tall beanpole, looked as if a giant had pressed his face flat with his thumb.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke