long-limbed

Example Sentences

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Heels click on cracked paving stones as fantastically long-limbed men and women practice moves they hope will whisk them away from South Sudan, one of the fashion world's favourite scouting locations.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

It was a long-limbed kangaroo that could hop fairly quickly and efficiently.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2024

“I just wanna stay healthy this year,” the long-haired, long-limbed and oft-injured right-hander said at the start of spring training this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Raised in Columbia, Md., she joined Dance Theater of Harlem at 17 and was an immediate standout: a tall, long-limbed, exceptionally graceful ballerina.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

The Men that rode them matched them well: tall and long-limbed; their hair, flaxen-pale, flowed under their light helms, and streamed in long braids behind them; their faces were stern and keen.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien