long-limbed
Example Sentences
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The long-limbed creatures face deadly falls after being tranquilised and, despite their gentle appearance, can deliver a fierce kick to those trying to help.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
He struggled to rediscover a comfort level in his long-limbed delivery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2025
It was more lightly-built and long-limbed than its thick-set relative.
From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2024
In “Betsy,” the dancers, with as much power as grace, move with the kind of awkward, long-limbed elegance that Greenberg is known for.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Unlike the long-limbed, long bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dispensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
