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as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
stretching exercises designed to make the athlete's limbs more lithesome
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as in graceful
moving easily
the lithesome panther moved effortlessly and noiselessly through the rain forest
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Recent Examples of lithesome
Upon seeing its lithesome shape for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show, Enzo Ferrari famously declared the Jaguar E-type to be the most beautiful car in the world.
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2021
Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2021
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The flexible mesh material allows your foot to easily slide into the shoe and stretch, ensuring there’s no break-in period or painful blisters.Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
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An independent flexible room with a bathroom is adjacent to the kitchen.Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The graceful pelicans would soar, and sandpipers would drill for sand crabs.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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This compact variety produces a graceful, rounded two-foot mound and grows well in winter containers in USDA zones 8 to 10.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
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Both models also feature swappable mechanical keys and proprietary sixth-gen AeroBlade metal fans for thermals, which Acer says can increase airflow by up to 20 percent compared to plastic fans.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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Store raw cranberries in their original packaging (often, a plastic bag) or transfer them to an airtight storage container and zip-top bag.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Japanese conductor amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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All of them are lithe, with a classic shark profile, and hunt small fish like mullet.Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024
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During subsequent decades, the Soviets and its pliant regime were defeated, the country was racked by civil war, and various Islamist groups became ascendant, including the Mujahedin, Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Isis-Khorasan.Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Notably, Assad was pliant to the ayatollahs’ Iran, the theocratic state bent on reshaping the region in the name of Shi’ite jihad.Bassem Eid, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 June 2022
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On top of her dark wavy hair sat a big, floppy fur hat.Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2024
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But now that the floppy hair is gone and the wrinkles have set in and the voice has become gravelly, the persona has been poisoned.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Lithesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lithesome. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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