lankiness

Example Sentences

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The main thing I stuck to was the character’s sort-of lankiness.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

The 21st century offers a more subjective take on mainstream attractiveness that favors lankiness and femininity.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2021

Thank goodness for such lankiness, the eyes might say, because it certainly helps here, as in her 21-9, 21-6 win Wednesday over N.Y.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

Her lankiness sprawled in a chair, Waller-Bridge makes full use of her body to illustrate the many moods of her character.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2020

The primulas and cyclamen, though their pots were shrouded in pinafores of white paper skilfully calculated to conceal any undue lankiness of stem, left us unmoved.

From A Versailles Christmas-Tide by Boyd, A. S.