lissom
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Echoes of XTC, Destiny's Child, marching bands and lissom Kompakt techno: there's a lot going on in Don't Try.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2013
All-girl lissom folk harmonies meets multilayered all-girl vocal R&B. Intriguingly, tonight each sister has a drum next to her.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2012
"I hope you are not on the cover tomorrow," the lissom Russian smiled to a table of fellow competitors as she left a Daegu cafe near the athletes' village on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2011
But a number of Kim’s gold-medal predecessors were present Thursday, and all seemed thoroughly impressed that Kim had been so poised and lissom in her presentation and vaulting in her jumps.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2010
He was a tall, slim, lissom fellow, with very black hair and a swarthy skin, which set off the spotless white of his turban.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
