stalky
Example Sentences
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"There's no goodness in it, it's just completely stalky with no nutritional value at all."
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
The stalky power forward, a son of a professional Congolese boxer, tried to match every American haymaker with a punch of his own.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Alternatively, vinegar, salt and sugar can net you some nice and stalky refrigerator pickles.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2020
In the distance, behind the patch of soy stubble, Dobson pointed to another field filled with stalky brown plants.
From Salon • May 10, 2019
No tree grew there, only rough grass and many tall plants: stalky and faded hemlocks and wood-parsley, fire-weed seeding into fluffy ashes, and rampant nettles and thistles.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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