svelte
Example Sentences
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Svelte but swaggering, tender yet macho — this hairy-chested torch song might be the singer’s finest vocal performance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Besides, at Camp Svelte, there is ample peer pressure to keep Skinny Gruden — or, better yet, Healthy Gruden — motivated.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017
Svelte Ejner Larsen armchairs upholstered in a richly worn oxblood leather and an Ole Wanscher sofa gather around an Edward Wormley marble-top table.
From Architectural Digest • May 8, 2015
Svelte, smart, serene Oveta Hobby, the director, suggests: "Dock'em."
From Time Magazine Archive
Svelte, beautiful Margot Cairns White was a ballet dancer and the daughter of a respectable British family of Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vocabulary lists containing svelte
15 Synonyms for "Thin": An Eileen Ford (1922-2014) Tribute List
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