lithesomeness

Example Sentences

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Miss Fox, who had shown a decided tendency toward stoutness, had trained down to within hailing distance of her former slender lithesomeness, and she made a pretty and attractive bride.

From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton

At the end of that time she came out through the folding-doors with the old smile upon her lips and the old lithesomeness in her movements.

From A Prince of Sinners by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Hers was an extreme lithesomeness, and she moved with a certain indefinable airiness, approaching one as down might float or as a bird on noiseless wings.

From The Sea Wolf by London, Jack

"Yes, so I heard," was the calm response of the fourth girl, who swung in with a certain vigor and lithesomeness as though she had just come from a game of tennis or basketball.

From The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand by Hope, Laura Lee

But it is just this lithesomeness of hers that I admire—like an up-leaping fountain of life, coming direct out of the depths of the Creator's heart.

From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath