leggy

Example Sentences

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He says this seriously, even though he’s striding around Streisand’s 3-acre property like a leggy teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

She hurtled through the air most weeks as Lynda Carter’s stunt double on the hit television series “Wonder Woman” and mimed Ms. Carter’s leggy lope.

From New York Times • May 11, 2024

Arsenal's players looked leggy and jaded for most of the second half and exhausted by the end.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

Yeah, Winslow is a guy who writes hard-boiled crime fiction full of leggy, tough-talking dolls and guys with $70,000 watches and short, telegraphic sentences.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024

Albie Seedmore, the leggy son of a prosperous grocer, came over to their table.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith