scrawniness

Example Sentences

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The scrawniness and the stringiness … eating a wing is like eating an arm off a T. rex.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2020

Back in 2014, he tweeted, “"I am in Canada and would like to help @justinbieber with his life problems and scrawniness."

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2018

Christ's scrawniness, and slumped head, hark back to austere 15th century examples by Donatello and Masaccio; his isolation, and the absence of other saints, accords with the Lutheran emphasis on Christ and his passion.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010

She was slight to scrawniness, and, one might have thought, insufficiently clad for the time of year.

From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

And the scrawniness of stem and blade suggested dehydration and poor soil.

From Storm Over Warlock by Norton, Andre