leggy

Example Sentences

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Once, the Brazilian looked leggy and exposed in midfield.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

She hurtled through the air most weeks as Lynda Carter’s stunt double on the hit television series “Wonder Woman” and mimed Ms. Carter’s leggy lope.

From New York Times • May 11, 2024

Yeah, Winslow is a guy who writes hard-boiled crime fiction full of leggy, tough-talking dolls and guys with $70,000 watches and short, telegraphic sentences.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024

The lawn grows more leggy and less vigorously in shady parts of his yard, and like Kurapia, its flowers are a huge draw for bees and other pollinators, Chau said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

He was a leggy, mustard-colored bull with black freckles speckling his jaws and the underside of his belly.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson