spindly

Example Sentences

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And it wasn’t lost on Rove that the spindly, excitable man narrating that story for them in a thick Hungarian accent “was once a 16-year-old picking up paving blocks and heaving them at Soviet tanks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

And up on its sixth-story terrace you are above the rooftops of Harlem and can see, far to the south, Central Park and the cluster of spindly supertalls beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Over a picnic table in a field, this kind-eyed, spindly musician, visibly dealing with Parkinson’s, is informed that Sammy is the son he never knew he had.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Phage remind me of a moon lander – a big capsule on spindly legs – just instead of landing on the surface of the moon they use their legs to select their victim.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling