scrawny

Example Sentences

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Lotkoy Ebey has just five scrawny goats to her name where she once had 50.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Yet as funny as it is to see a guy this scrawny carry himself like Hercules, he leaps and strikes with conviction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Friends and family were skeptical of the scrawny teen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Even a scrawny "manfluencer" like Jordan Peterson was claiming to eat a beef-only diet, which would destroy your bowels and is terrible for your heart.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

However, Mother and I had been able to get hold of eight scrawny cows, mainly from people who owed us a lot of money.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier