gangly
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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
Still, much of the band’s history has remained opaque to listeners, with gangly front man Ric Ocasek’s presence largely obscuring the contributions of his bandmates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 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
Wiggins - a gangly north Londoner, from a broken home, brought up in poverty - made it to the very top of a sport that requires clinical preparation and a calm head under pressure.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
The NAACP’s legal eagles, led by the fund’s chief counsel, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Houston’s top deputy, a gangly, whip-smart Howard University law school grad named Thurgood Marshall, shepherded the Alston v.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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