as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
spindly, underfed dogs roamed the poverty-stricken village
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Recent Examples of spindly
Try a bottle of La Tomato ($19.95, though quite a bit more with shipping), from the Japanese distillery Godo Shusei Co, an ice-clear concoction made with fresh tomato juice; its vegetal sweetness will sing when poured into spindly, garden-green cordial glasses from Ferm Living ($69 for four).
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
The brilliant multidisciplinary artist and her husband, Bill Miller, a former vice president at Morgan Stanley, were holding court at a spindly cocktail table.
—Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Both have spindly legs, two working rotary knobs on the front for volume and channels and a power button on top.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
Anyone visiting the park will want to see the spindly hoodoos, striated in red, gold, and white.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
The brilliant multidisciplinary artist and her husband, Bill Miller, a former vice president at Morgan Stanley, were holding court at a spindly cocktail table.
—Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Both have spindly legs, two working rotary knobs on the front for volume and channels and a power button on top.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
Anyone visiting the park will want to see the spindly hoodoos, striated in red, gold, and white.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spindly
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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The hostages appeared gaunt in the disturbing black-and-white footage.Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
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Meme to Bestsellers: How Barrel Jeans Became Denim’s Biggest Trend Slim, straight, skinny, bootcut, flare, boyfriend and wide leg have all earned their place on the menu and have faced little to no competition from new fits.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 Dec. 2024
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The new rules implemented at the beginning of 2024 were less impactful to the everyday/non-tournament player, but did include a couple of provisional items related to rally scoring and skinny singles, methods of playing that were officially recognized for the first time.Todd Boss, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The footage is grainy but effective, though most of the live track is played over still photos from the show, John shirtless under overalls and Lennon lanky and bespectacled.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The lanky left-hander hurled six shutout innings in Game 6 of the 2021 World Series on the night the Atlanta Braves clinched the championship over the Houston Astros.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Dell’s loss leaves the Texans thin at receiver with Stefon Diggs already down for the year.Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Outlook: The offensive line group was already thin with the departures of starters Marcellus Marshall, Amari Kight, Adrian Medley and Paul Rubelt so depth was going to be a concern heading into the transfer window.Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2024
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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
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
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The stars here, however, are the gangly, majestic pink flamingos feeding in estuary grasses.Alex Crevar, New York Times, 11 July 2024
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The reasons are partly anthropomorphic — these large, gangly birds are fiercely protective of their young, and the fathers stay behind to rear the chicks after the mothers fly on to central Mexico or some other wintering grounds.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 8 July 2024
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Females tend to gain weight until about age 65.7 As a result, older adults may become more slender.Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
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Eby’s New Democratic Party won a slender majority in the October election, extending his tenure as premier.Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Spindly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindly. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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