lissome
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Lissome and alluring in her prime — she had been a Miss America finalist at 20 — Ms. Leachman often played down or even grotesquely obscured her looks on-screen.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021
Now they assumed baroque form: Spy Elf of the Morning Hallelujahs, Parakeet of the Lissome Star.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2015
Lissome Elisabeth got her picture in the tabloids, received at least one offer of adoption, 50, proposals and a free English course from the Linguaphone Institute of America.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Lissome, leggy, striking, Joan, 36, ought to be a visible asset to any campaign.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Lissome shapes crept along the terraces between the stolid wooden statues, or, bolder, scampered the whole length of the great veranda.
From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret
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