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

And when Betances holds that lead, here comes 6-foot-7 lefty Andrew Miller, built like a beanpole who owns the ninth.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2015

Cat had been cleaned up, her wounds washed and bandaged, but she was skinny as a beanpole, and her hands shook when she picked up the silverware.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee