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lanky

[lang-kee] / ˈlæŋ ki /


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“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 The Wall Street Journal

The Harris’s hawks, also known as bay-winged hawks, are large, lanky raptors that breed in the southwestern U.S. and throughout South America.

From Los Angeles Times