lankiness

Example Sentences

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The main thing I stuck to was the character’s sort-of lankiness.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

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

The lankiness of limb, and the lankness of feature and hair, sufficiently pleasing in poor Ted, stretched forth at his long length yonder, were not such agreeable characteristics in the mother.

From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.