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

Andrew Das: Yerry Mina, Colombia’s beanpole center back, already showing how critical he will be again tonight.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2018

Keller showed menswear alongside the women’s clothes on beanpole young men whose backs seemed curved into permanent slouch, with looks of studied boredom etched on their faces.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2017

There was another curly-headed boy, a six-foot-five, slightly goofy-looking beanpole with a smile that could knock your socks off, named Jim McMillin.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown