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

Friends and family were skeptical of the scrawny teen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Even a scrawny "manfluencer" like Jordan Peterson was claiming to eat a beef-only diet, which would destroy your bowels and is terrible for your heart.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

West Sacramento has long been the region’s scrawny stepchild of a municipality.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

He was bit threadbare and scrawny, and not as good-looking as I am, to be honest.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate