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
Joe is in many ways Arthur’s opposite, a somber, gray-bearded wreck of a man beside the Joker’s giggling, gaudily colored beanpole.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2020
Andrew Das: Yerry Mina, Colombia’s beanpole center back, already showing how critical he will be again tonight.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2018
Keller showed menswear alongside the women’s clothes on beanpole young men whose backs seemed curved into permanent slouch, with looks of studied boredom etched on their faces.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2017
One of the two men, a great tall beanpole, looked as if a giant had pressed his face flat with his thumb.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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