lankiness

Example Sentences

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The 21st century offers a more subjective take on mainstream attractiveness that favors lankiness and femininity.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2021

People tend to describe her as “lanky” given her 5-foot-11, but here’s a reminder how lankiness can exist without gawkiness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

Her lankiness sprawled in a chair, Waller-Bridge makes full use of her body to illustrate the many moods of her character.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2020

“You have to live it,” says Maksimtsov, a giant at 6-foot-4, whose outward lankiness belies an explosive inner strength.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2018

Tom at that time was twenty-four, and had grown into a long lean man, looking two or three inches taller than he really was because of his extreme lankiness.

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold