leggy

Example Sentences

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A clumsily set-up “Broadway Baby” from “Follies,” in which Peters cheekily name-checks herself, eventually was redeemed when she was joined by other veteran troupers in leggy kick-line.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 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

He was a leggy, mustard-colored bull with black freckles speckling his jaws and the underside of his belly.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson