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Recent Examples of wiry
The 61-year-old Englishman went through a grueling regimen of diet, running and weight training to carve out a muscular, wiry frame for Odysseus.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
The pouch was crossed by three curving seams that were knotted shut with railroad tracks of black wiry thread.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
Big bellies and butts — and skinny teens and roly-poly toddlers and wiry grandpas and even Ken and Barbie look-alikes — are everywhere, all mixed in together.
—Kate Cohen, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
At 60, Azaria is impressively wiry, with Eighties-Bruce-worthy biceps lurking under his black V-neck tee.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
The pouch was crossed by three curving seams that were knotted shut with railroad tracks of black wiry thread.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
Big bellies and butts — and skinny teens and roly-poly toddlers and wiry grandpas and even Ken and Barbie look-alikes — are everywhere, all mixed in together.
—Kate Cohen, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
At 60, Azaria is impressively wiry, with Eighties-Bruce-worthy biceps lurking under his black V-neck tee.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiry
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Industrial breeding turned the scrawny, two-and-a-half-pound chickens of the 1920s into today’s six-pounders.Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
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Here, the body of a scrawny Jesus gushes blood, sending a rivulet of scarlet down his crucifix and onto the ground below.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Nicknamed the Blood Wyrm for his color, sinewy build, and taste for violence, Caraxes is significantly younger and smaller than his counterpart.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 July 2024
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As tourists stumble by with tall cans of Bud Light Lime and cigarettes in hand, Sell’s tattooed, sinewy limbs stretch a matching Lacoste tee and shorts, with the requisite crocodile emblems and matching bright-red shoes.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Mitsouko softened Chypre’s rawboned extremes, imparting a creamy peach glow to the whole.Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
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Kirschling, a rawboned young man from Wisconsin, had written a master’s thesis at Columbia about long-term productivity decline in New York City’s mass transit.William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
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Modena has, quite sensibly, not messed with the Shamal’s gloriously angular shape too much on the MA-01.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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The brand’s green and black color schemes make a prominent statement throughout, as the choice of angular glass and earthy marble alludes to the brand’s multi-sensorial meeting points between nature and science.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Treatments for abnormal ferritin levels may include eating iron-rich foods like lean salmon, leafy green vegetables, and beans.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Harris’s transition team, led by Yohannes Abraham, is low-profile and lean.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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Police released a vague description of the assailant: A slender man in his 30s wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black cargo pants and a surgical mask.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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House: Democrats only need to pick up four seats to flip the House, and whichever party gains control is likely to have a slender majority.Dave Lawler, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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An overweight cat has left the internet in stitches for trying to muscle in on her skinnier sibling's meal.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, the singer and actress has found a foolproof combo that will become a possible solution for all those who resist wearing skinny jeans as the trends dictate again.Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 3 Nov. 2024
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Always dry thoroughly, heat on the stovetop until completely dry, and apply a thin layer of oil or shortening.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton beat Trump 4-2 in the town and carried the state by a razor thin margin of 0.4 points.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Wiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiry. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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