skinny

Example Sentences

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After Amarin lost patent protection on the first indication, Hikma received FDA approval to make the drug with a skinny label to treat severe hypertriglyceridemia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Before he was a skinny piano player, he was a skinny accordion player.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Eurocentric and Western beauty standards, further reinforced by 90s diet culture, also promoted skinny as the new sexy.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

England's Ashes coaching staff was too skinny and they got key selection decisions wrong.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

They stood up on their skinny hind legs; screeching and chattering, and showing their teeth.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls