scrawny

Example Sentences

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Lotkoy Ebey has just five scrawny goats to her name where she once had 50.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He was sitting on a curb beneath a scrawny tree, trying to get some shade, and coughing.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Although he played quarterback, he was so scrawny that it was hard for even the most optimistic coach to imagine how he would survive a college pass rush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Yet as funny as it is to see a guy this scrawny carry himself like Hercules, he leaps and strikes with conviction.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

And so Magister Brangwain Spurge, unsuccessful assassin, leaned forward with his elbows on his scrawny knees and began to make his full confession.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin