slightness
Example Sentences
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Weighing some 100 pounds, Ms. Brauer seems to have made up for her slightness with grit and daring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
And while these details don't ruin the first season's adequate conclusion, where the pair collaborated to avert the Apocalypse, the second's overall slightness is an insufficient argument for the story's continuation.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
The docu-dramedy “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” tells a low-stakes story with an accomplished cast, an appropriately light tone and enough energy to compensate for its slightness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
The same Mia Farrow whose slightness made her a pixie-cut icon in “Rosemary’s Baby,” looking utterly vulnerable to the encroaching forces of evil.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2021
For all his slightness of body, he looked at that moment ready and able to push the washbowl straight through the floor.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
