beanpole
Example Sentences
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Then there is Milton, a 6-foot, 7-inch beanpole who loves playing Pokémon and appears to take his facial hair manscaping cues from a walrus.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
And it certainly wasn’t the mentality that father and head coach Bill Bedgood tried to instill all these years in his sprouting 6-foot-9 beanpole of a son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
As a dancer, Peter Walker, a dark-haired beanpole amid the New York City Ballet corps, has an unusually adult and purposeful look.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
I had two gorgeous older sisters I looked up to; I understood the merits of being a beanpole, and was well on my way to 5ft 8in myself.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017
She takes one look at my disbelieving face and adds, “Really. How many guys want to go out with a five-foot-eleven beanpole? With bad skin?”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
