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Recent Examples of lithe The plot itself fades into the background, but Theron’s fight scenes sear into the memory banks, both lithe and reckless, gloriously choreographed yet sloppily unpredictable. Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2025 Katherine was Langdon’s requisite lithe love interest in The Lost Symbol (the third book/first TV series), as the sister of Robert’s mentor. Emily Heller, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 Twigs’s vocals mutate between guttural and lithe, and her melodies tend to cut against the insistent grooves of the production. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025 In one, a lithe taxi dancer in a blue dress offers a glance equal parts sultry and weary. Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lithe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lithe
Adjective
  • Want a new career that’s higher-paying, more flexible or fulfilling?
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The device uses microneedles and flexible wiring to capture neural signals just beneath the skin, enhancing signal quality while minimizing invasiveness.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As with most new pursuits, our learning curve was steep and our movements the antithesis of graceful.
    Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The graceful curvature of the leather seatbacks and straps encasing the sofas were a marvel, somehow both sturdy and delicate.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The three super skinny pen tips can go from creating impossibly slender, seemingly real brow strokes to a cluster of freckles across the cheeks much like a stamp.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But Cummings prefers to mail the slender tubes back to Crown Bees, which will care for them over the winter.
    Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Just who was this willowy blond from Iowa City, Iowa?
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • It must be integrated into a broader cyber resilience strategy—one that ensures organizations remain agile and adaptive in an increasingly complex threat landscape.
    David Redekop, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Standing at 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 196 pounds, this agile robot can reach a top speed of 5.6 mph (approximately 8.2 feet per second).
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are the shoes to wear with skinny jeans to look chic in Spring 2025.
    Renata Joffre, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Martinis are flowing and skinny French fries are arriving on small plates.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Use a breathable paper or mesh bag, not plastic, to store your hyacinth bulbs.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2025
  • In South Broward County, Gladys Vasquez of Miramar clutches a plastic grocery bag and says the contents continue to cost more, listing foods like cheese and yogurt.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 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

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“Lithe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lithe. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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