How to Use lithe in a Sentence

lithe

adjective
  • The lithe lefty is a stand-up guy, credit him for that.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Her body is long and lithe and strong-looking, as is her hair.
    Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 6 June 2017
  • For the rest of us, what shines on is Becker’s lithe, urbane artistry.
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Wolves can be coarsely built, big-boned and thick-necked, but OR-93 was lean and lithe.
    Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
  • But Wednesday night showed the potential for the lithe 6-foot-11 big man as a change of pace.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Ramona wraps a lithe leg high up on the pole, one arm flaring out like a swan’s wing.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But Amalie was so little-girlish, her body concave and lithe in the way of a child.
    Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • Phillips, who is tall and lithe, has flashed a great finishing kick.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Musa, a lithe 6-9 small forward, is a streaky shooter who isn’t gun shy.
    Michael Singer, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Strong and full of life, lithe in her struggle and vivid in her suffering.
    Ruth Ozeki, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • With each click, the elegant frame of her face tilts, her lithe limbs flick, and her eyes steady on the target.
    Raquel Willis, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The lithe 6-6 swingman has the length and athleticism NBA teams covet in this pace-and-space era.
    Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Standing in the middle of the crowd, clutching a beer, the then fifty-nine-year-old star was lithe, moving to the music.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Hunter-gatherers may have been so lithe and healthy because the weak were dead.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2010
  • Like a scene out of The Endless Summer, a lithe-limbed, shag-haired crew piled into a van and set off to catch the next wave.
    Kari Molvar, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2016
  • Sort of thoughtful, quiet, shy not one of these bitter and lithe.
    Abigail Brone, courant.com, 5 July 2019
  • The lithe 6-foot-8 forward from Delaware played his best game of the season.
    Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The lithe sheet metal puts some premium brands to shame.
    Tom Voelk, The Seattle Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • His Morgon is a lithe and savory take on the Gamay grape and a perfect match for roast chicken.
    Lettie Teague, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The lithe and lively blend is full of cherry, violets, and red plum.
    Ellen Bhang, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Model scouts worked the Rust Belt searching for a lithe swan amid the cornfed ducklings.
    Washington Post, 12 May 2021
  • The body Like anyone else who remains so lean, lithe and toned in their fifties, Aniston works hard to achieve that body.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Kobayashi, who is 65, is small, lithe and sure-footed, with a watchful demeanor.
    Tom Vanderbilt Josh Robenstone, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • My hair laughs at those lithe, spaghetti-thin hair elastics.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2022
  • But here comes a lithe, 64-year-old brunette sporting a black backless unitard.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Kloey Reyes, 12, is lithe on a Horner Park baseball field on an early Tuesday evening.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Senet boards were long and lithe, consisting of 30 squares laid out in three parallel rows of ten.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Ichiro is sleek and lithe, his ascetic face framed by wraparound shades.
    Alex Belth, Esquire, 2 Apr. 2017
  • Even the smallest movements register in her aging shoulders; her body, though still lithe, is also stiff and fragile, young and old in the same breath.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Bloom moves with the lithe, unsteady canter of a man who's punch drunk, while the trauma of his horrific childhood emanates from his haunted eyes.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024

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