leggy

Example Sentences

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But these same strange, delicate, leggy arthropods also haunt our nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Conservationists at the zoo said there are less than 600 surviving wild onagers, but the birth "of the leggy youngster" could help safeguard the species from extinction.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 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

Daddy longlegs, the group of splendidly leggy arachnids also known as harvestmen, have been thought to have just two eyes.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Albie Seedmore, the leggy son of a prosperous grocer, came over to their table.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith