skinny

Example Sentences

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His hair was a mess of dark curls and he was still skinny as a beanpole, but his clothes fit perfectly.

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But Sal and I had barely got started when I saw a skinny figure coming down the road.

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He’d gotten so skinny that the gym teacher had sent him to the school nurse, who had sent him to the guidance counselor, who had asked why he’d lost so much weight.

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One of the man’s workers, a tall, skinny boy, carried them ashore in a cardboard carton on his head.

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Dad is super skinny without his dad paunch.

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