lithe

Example Sentences

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A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

These lithe creatures also have been observed in alpine areas of Oregon, but no population estimate is available there.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The lithe physique of the rubber man of tennis enabled him to chase down seemingly lost causes and he combined a brutally efficient game with a rock-solid defence.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

The cast includes William Warfield, Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway, who at one point is shown scat-singing in a Vienna tavern, a born entertainer caught in a wonderfully loose, lithe and swinging performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

But who this lithe young man was, and where his cane-stalk legs carried him from or to, could never be known.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison