skinny

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Recall where the nation was when the figure who would describe himself as “a skinny kid with a funny name” emerged on the political stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

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

From Salon • May 17, 2026

BBC journalists were able to order so-called skinny jabs to Northern Ireland from Voy and MedExpress using false data and out-of-date images, with no further verification required.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

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.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman