How to Use svelte in a Sentence

svelte

adjective

• She has a svelte figure.
• And despite its svelte size, the XPS 13 is a beast under the hood.
  — Michael Andronico, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021
• How to keep the profile svelte—or at least not bloated—is the trick.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2021
• On the court, Art plays with the precision of a Federer and the svelte grace of Djokovic.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 May 2024
• The clothes are packed with subtle trompe l’oeil muscles, adding swag and svelte.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 May 2022
• The model is svelte enough to lift over knee-high snowbanks and best for small jobs.
  — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• That’s about 3mm longer and wider than the current model, but with the same svelte thickness as now.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 12 June 2021
• That might seem strange for a svelte cat with the proportions of a runner, the sort of cat that chased down prey on the open ground.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021
• Instead of the thousands of titles bulging at the program's seams, there was a svelte 50 or so.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 18 Sep. 2020
• The woman was short and svelte with dark eyes, and the guy was tall, bald, and heavyish, and looked like a hippopotamus.
  — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• The jerseys and shorts are more svelte and fit more snugly than the old Adidas models.
  — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 29 July 2017
• The MacBook, released in 2015, is svelte but slow with sad battery life.
  — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• This svelte Keurig keeps the countertop tidy but still has a large water reservoir in the back.
  — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2022
• What happens if a svelte burglar enters your house via the dog door?
  — Lisa Wolfe, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• Beyonce - Amy's lost a lot of weight and is looking quite svelte!
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• Franks’ sly, svelte songs drew from jazz, bossa nova, funk, urbane pop, soul and more.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2023
• And, finally, a dark svelte object that glides through the air like nothing of this earth.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 July 2022
• Ms. Wilsey was on the cover of Town & Country in June 1962, her svelte figure wrapped in yards of fabric and white lace.
  — Laura M. Holson, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2016
• But at a svelte 151 pounds, its power-to-weight ratio was second-best.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 21 June 2017
• Not so with the Chogori, which is a relatively svelte eight pounds and still boasts a whopping 44.3 square feet.
  — Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• The Lyriq's svelte profile is draped over a long 121.8-inch wheelbase, which opens up lots of second-row legroom in the airy cabin.
  — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
• Because while their svelte frames may have spared you from heavy lifting, they weren't equipped to do much of it themselves.
  — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2021
• Here is that all-too-rare masterpiece: a svelte big novel.
  — Sarah K. Benning, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
• But thanks to African swine fever, which first began wiping out pigs in Aug. 2018, even svelte pigs are a good business at the moment.
  — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 6 Oct. 2019
• This three-person version weighs a svelte 3 pounds and 8 ounces, which is less than a lot of mainstream two-person tents.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
• This svelte and compact driver is also a pleasure to use.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2020
• Sobriety has given him a fresh-faced glow and a newly svelte physique.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• And there’s also the guy who credits his Fitbit for helping him slim his 40-inch waist to a svelte 34 inches.
  — Bruce Horovitz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2019
• But more e-bikes with svelte frames and lighter components are coming onto the scene—good news for those of us who are garage-less.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2021
• Kidman was admired for her porcelain-clear skin, firey red hair, and svelte figure.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 28 June 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024