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
With the lithe, athletic body of the ballerina, she was nothing like her fellow models.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Autumn nods in understanding and creeps toward the television, her form as lithe as a mountain lion.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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