slender

Example Sentences

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Normally, bacteria move using flagella, slender, whip-like structures that spin to push the cells forward.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

San Antonio took a slender lead into half-time.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Directly in the center, a slender vertical window — part of the gallery’s architecture — illuminates the otherwise darkened room with a pillar of natural light, further contributing to the ethereal nature of the piece.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

"I looked at my flat, slender belly in the mirror like a dear friend upon whom I was about to close a coffin lid," she later recalled.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Fanny was a tall, slender, brown-haired girl, educated in literature and politics and, at age twenty, her father’s favorite.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson