leggy

Example Sentences

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Isak gradually worked his way into the game, but started to look leggy as the first half came to a close.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

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

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

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

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett