lank
Example Sentences
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His clean-cropped hair has grown out lank and shaggy.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
He has lank hair to his shoulders and owlish glasses; he looks like he might start shaving in a year or two.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2022
Her hair is lank, unwashed, and she hides herself in oversized clothes.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2022
“A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,//A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl//Make him the quaint great figure that men love,//The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.”
From Fox News • Feb. 13, 2019
She had the glummest face Harry had ever seen, half-hidden behind lank hair and thick, pearly spectacles.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
