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

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

Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge told AFP that cattle producers have been "living off very skinny margins" for years.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

“He looks as skinny as a rail,” Regina said upon beholding her famous son, and she almost burst into tears.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady