leggy

Example Sentences

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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

Daddy longlegs, the group of splendidly leggy arachnids also known as harvestmen, have been thought to have just two eyes.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

The lawn grows more leggy and less vigorously in shady parts of his yard, and like Kurapia, its flowers are a huge draw for bees and other pollinators, Chau said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Seeing him paw the ground and whinny only served to emphasize how leggy and coltish he had become.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood