lissom
Example Sentences
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Somewhere along the way during the past 14 years the lissom whippersnapper with the fleet feet turned into the craggy old hulk who will line up against England on Sunday.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013
"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
You would expect lissom harmonies and dreamy-eyed songs about girls, of which there are plenty tonight – not least "Candyfloss", their single.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 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
They were sleek, lissom, and beautiful, and it was a pleasure to watch them.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
