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
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
With the lithe, athletic body of the ballerina, she was nothing like her fellow models.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
The other boy had several centimeters on Frankie, but Frankie had the lithe, compact build and ruthlessness of a Carpathian lynx.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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