lithe
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If you can imagine the strutting Nicolas Cage and lithe Laura Dern of David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” but with an apartment and a kid, that’s them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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
If there’s one person who knows how to let a particularly awful year glide off her lithe, pilates-perfect back, it’s Gwyneth Paltrow.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025
The title track is both complex and hummable, and it features contrasting solos from Mr. Rogers, who is pointed and gruff, and Mr. Finlayson, who is lithe and bright.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The young man giggled and danced about in front of Ignatius to avoid the thrusts, his lithe movements making him a difficult target.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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