leggy

Example Sentences

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Once, the Brazilian looked leggy and exposed in midfield.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

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

I was long and leggy and mosquito-thin, a record-breaking twenty-five inches at Baptist Hospital.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett