long-legged

Example Sentences

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The good news is that the PPE will propel a generation of long-legged, heavy-hitting electrics coming from VW Group, including those from Audi and Porsche.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

I visited the preserve recently, and saw ducks with emerald collars preening themselves and tiny long-legged shorebirds scuttling across the driving path.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Also known as long-legged ants or Maldive ants, these tiny insects don't have mental illness.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2023

Sometimes even the fishermen’s huts were washed away, knocked right off their long-legged stilts and swept down the river.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz