lithe

Example Sentences

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A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 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

Naomi, held on a leash by student Trinity Astilla, was the picture of lithe, feline elegance as she slunk around a dusty enclosure, briefly hopping atop her crate — but not into it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

They were creatures never seen before, lithe and grand and complicated.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor