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
“He looks convincingly ancient, with lank white hair and stubbly beard, and he performs with the creaky, painful movements of a weary, stiff-jointed old man.”
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022
Then she brushed the lank blond hair and braided it.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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