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long-legged
adjective as in gangling
adjective as in gangly
adjective as in rangy
Example Sentences
The baying of the hounds grew louder, and the wolves ran faster still, panting hard to keep up with the swift and long-legged bird.
For years, it was WASPy, long-legged girls, with a tennis racket over one shoulder and a touch-me-not attitude.
The performance is elaborate and delightful and impeccably choreographed, with Hiddleston doing long-legged strides as though he’s the second coming of Christopher Walken.
Its Jan. 27 cover was an elegant and elegiac illustration of seven long-legged, shaggy-capped palms against a menacing ombre orange backdrop of approaching fire.
The cat’s journey, which starts with its reflection in a shimmering pond, is the emotional center, but the large, long-legged bird’s story is especially touching, with Miyazaki-like echoes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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