Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangling
Adjective
  • Tall and thin, bordering on gaunt, he was dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt, an old Army jacket, work boots, gloves and a blue wool cap.
    Alanna Nash, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • And Palestinian prisoners — some of whom also emerged from Israeli jails appearing gaunt — also embraced loved ones.
    Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Cops recovered video of the lanky, mustachioed suspect following one of the attacks.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The physical comedy is top-tier — especially when Cumming leans into his lanky goofiness and Hodgson exaggerates Montagu's buffoonish nature.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are the shoes to wear with skinny jeans to look chic in Spring 2025.
    Renata Joffre, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Advance Denim is expanding its stretch technologies to support the resurgence of skinny jeans in the market.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tomatoes stressed by lack of sunlight have spindly, weak stems and minimal fruit.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Grand Tours cater to spindly, ultralight cyclists who can ascend 3,000-foot mountain passes for days on end.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Elsewhere on defense, Porter is a rangy and athletic zone corner with strong ball skills.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Granada’s rangy infield gave Pittsburg fits.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Light pruning results in a gangly, unkempt plant by midsummer.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Nate leaps into action-hero mode, and the film’s mayhem blowouts include a multi-weapon melee in a restaurant kitchen, leaving our gangly hero horribly burned but quite chipper about it, since his adversary is less fortunate.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Ibrahim had black hair and looked thin from malnutrition.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
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“Gangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangling. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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