lanky
Example Sentences
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"I really love it," the lanky 14-year-old said, "because I can talk in person with my classmates again."
From Barron's
“That was just stunning to me,” said the folksy Collinsworth, still lanky and boyish at 66.
From Los Angeles Times
Weeks, who is a lanky 6 feet 5 inches tall, acts giddy on the factory floor, chatting with employees just steps away from towering machines churning out products at 1,450 degrees Celsius.
From Barron's
The imposingly lanky, gracefully handsome Elordi, born in Australia, has risen in profile over the last few years, thanks to roles in the hit series “Euphoria” and the psychosexual class-climbing thriller “Saltburn.”
From Los Angeles Times
Still, if anyone could knock him off course, it was the lanky Italian across the net.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
