How to Use legged in a Sentence

legged

adjective
  • Cross-legged at the tabletop, guessing the names of books.
    The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • Celebrate the luck of the Irish with your four-legged friend.
    Ashley Capoot, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Our car had the M Sport setup, and the ride is stiff-legged.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 8 June 2022
  • One-legged pants were one of the stranger themes of this past fashion month.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Bring your four-legged friend to this pet-friendly event on the Great Lawn.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2022
  • But the big-legged Chris Boswell pushed the 50-yard attempt wide right at the closed end of the stadium.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Want your four-legged canine friend to live a few years longer?
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
  • The boy is sitting cross-legged in the photo and looking down at the firearm on his lap.
    Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022
  • There's the balance with all the one-legged, different things.
    Greg Presto, Men's Health, 21 June 2022
  • Her cross-legged joys and kindness fill a room like the scent of Elton John’s candles.
    Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • LeBron James hit the game-winning shot, a one-legged turnaround jumper.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Feb. 2022
  • This means a song has to contain a certain amount of wiggle room to sound both wide-eyed and hairy-legged.
    David Kirby, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Plus: free dog bandanas to all four-legged besties while supplies last.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • More often than not there’s a cross-legged Buddha perched in a corner.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In the pic, the 47-year-old former actress sits cross-legged on the floor while wearing a one-piece yellow bathing suit.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • The restaurant is empty, save for me and my four-legged companion.
    Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Jerry Hall has spent decades in the public eye, being the long-legged, blonde model from Texas that the world has come to love.
    Logan Sykes, Town & Country, 23 June 2022
  • The young boys sat cross-legged in front of her, looking up at her gentle, weathered face.
    Mira Sethi, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The wire-legged, bold print signs were still in Fishler’s yard as of Friday, when a reporter drove by his home.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • At camp, keep your four-legged friend on leash or within your control.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Long-legged, long-necked birds that spread great wings and move on before letting the likes of you get within 50 yards.
    al, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Trousers are wide-legged and cuffed, worn with fanny packs that double as hand muffs.
    Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The dancers are dressed in vivid-blue wide-legged pants with wrap tops, which extend past the hips, by Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Stop by with your favorite four-legged friend and get a picture with the Easter bunny.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The two types of ticks that most commonly bite people and pets in Wisconsin are the deer (black-legged) tick and the wood (dog) tick.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • Those looking for $2,000 and a few dozen six-legged friends can apply at The Pest Informer's website.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
  • Carrie Underwood has a new four-legged friend in her life!
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The wiener dog races consist of several heats and six lanes where the short-legged stallions test their mettle and gun for the top prize.
    Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Some were in groups of two or three, holding beers while sitting cross-legged and chatting.
    New York Times, 3 July 2022
  • Her four-legged co-star cast as canine pal Sandy was played lovable fluffy Chicagoland dog named S’Wheats.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022

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