gangly

Example Sentences

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“I want to devote my entire life to military service,” the gangly teen told The Wall Street Journal last spring as he prepared to take his oath of service at a base in east Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The poinsettias we buy today are significantly different from the tall, gangly plants botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett discovered in Mexico in 1825, after he became that country’s first U.S. ambassador.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

But bassist Garry Tallent never smiled that much, and Springsteen’s onstage foil, the Big Man, Clarence Clemons, was never awkward or gangly the way he is portrayed here; the man was elegance personified.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

Back in Phnom Penh, cuddly babies had turned into gangly teenagers grappling with their complex identities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

When I rubbed the towel over my arms, my wrists looked smaller, my freckled arms seemed gangly.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen