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Recent Examples of willowy The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin. EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024 Her modeling roots are clear, her willowy limbs and striking cheekbones elevating her simple outfit of a shabby cashmere sweater and flowing skirt. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024 Her character, Priya, drawn with a willowy figure and bedroom eyes, is the mother of a new kid in town. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for willowy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for willowy
Adjective
  • These include widespread access to affordable childcare, generous parental leave shared between both parents, and flexible work arrangements.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Be flexible with plans: Be patient and accept that last-minute cancellations may happen due to unpredictable flare-ups.
    Robert Burakoff, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These new projects incorporate traditional grates for removal of solid waste like plastic bottles but also use a multilayer filtration system that mimics the way forests and wetlands naturally purify water.
    Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • For instance, the near perfect rendition of human faces, animal hairs, object surfaces, often cause AI generated images to look plastic and unnatural.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • From summer through early fall hardy begonia displays loose floppy clusters of pink fragrant blooms visited by pollinators.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Jones had ordered multiple shoes from AliExpress, only to realize that their floppy construction and nearly non-existent grip created their own dangers.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With a pliant Congress, Trump is using his office to benefit his family’s business interests, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • For all the talk and research that has gone into exploiting graphene’s pliant properties for use in wearable and flexible electronics, most of the polymer composites it has been mixed with to date have been on the hard and inflexible side.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2016
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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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“Willowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/willowy. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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