lithe

Example Sentences

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In rehearsal, Mays fully inhabits his role — and his costume — moving with a lithe formality as he strives to eavesdrop on Mozart and Constanze.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

These Olympians, almost none of them were alive when Snoop broke into music, the lithe kid from Long Beach alongside Dr. Dre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The lithe physique of the rubber man of tennis enabled him to chase down seemingly lost causes and he combined a brutally efficient game with a rock-solid defence.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

With the lithe, athletic body of the ballerina, she was nothing like her fellow models.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Even though scarcely a shadow, the silhouette was graceful and lithe, her hair streaming behind her like ripples in the water.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin