lithe
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Suddenly, a tall, lithe woman in a long overcoat stood up and made her way to the stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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
The cast includes William Warfield, Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway, who at one point is shown scat-singing in a Vienna tavern, a born entertainer caught in a wonderfully loose, lithe and swinging performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 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 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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