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[gang-glee] / ˈgæŋ gli /


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And in 2018, another "creepypasta" about gangly, besuited monster "Slender Man" was turned into a feature film that raked in $50 million worldwide.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

"He was very gangly and geeky," recalled Pickering - who had a major musical career of his own with M People and as a DJ, which is recounted in his new book Manchester Must Dance.

From BBC May 2, 2026

I felt gangly, but I remained confident and was up for any opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 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

Dressed in faded, threadbare GoreTex, a couple of months shy of his sixty-ninth birthday, Pete was a gangly, slightly stooped man who had returned to the high reaches of the Himalaya after a long absence.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

He had also wanted to see Rodriguez’s workout regimen in Tampa Bay and visit the pitching lab in Clearwater where Logan Gilbert had been training since he was an even skinnier and ganglier teenager.

From Seattle Times Feb. 25, 2024

Michelangelo is ganglier in his teen articulation, with an ear-to-ear grin painted on his face.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2023

There to collect data on antelopes, she found herself drawn to the ganglier ungulates.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2021

You never know what homework assignment might light a creative spark — better to save even the gangliest drafts for posterity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2017

The deep seats and long arms on the sofa and chairs would accommodate the gangliest of cowboys and gentleman ranchers.

From New York Times Sep. 5, 2013




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