slender
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Plagued by insomnia, the 11-year-old British boy pulled a slender book off his mother’s shelf, one she had swiped from school where she taught.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The following year, Britain and the U.S. agreed to build a military base on Diego Garcia, a slender, open-jawed island, and the two governments began plotting the expulsion of the Chagossians from the entire archipelago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
It was slender, about 2 metres long, and it had a thin long snout specifically adapted for eating fish.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
First, their majorities in the House and Senate are perilously slender.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
She took his hand in her slender fingers.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Vocabulary lists containing slender
15 Synonyms for "Thin": An Eileen Ford (1922-2014) Tribute List
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