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

He says this seriously, even though he’s striding around Streisand’s 3-acre property like a leggy teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

Arsenal's players looked leggy and jaded for most of the second half and exhausted by the end.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith