akimbo

Example Sentences

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Only the huge boots and akimbo shirt collar remind viewers of his frontier background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Morgan has Olson’s wry delivery, but she’s not pratfalling, gangly limbs akimbo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Clothes lay strewn about the room — khaki shorts dangling inside out; a white T-shirt tossed over the arm of a chair; sneakers akimbo, pungent, center floor.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022

The 16-foot-high gilded crucifix is stored in crated sections, Jesus lying akimbo in the garage.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

A man stood surveying these works, his thin arms akimbo and his fists, one of which grasped an authoritative-looking stick, propped on his skinny hips.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw