scrawny

Example Sentences

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When the narrative shifts to 1945 by way of a transition Meise uses throughout — confinement’s pitch-blackness — we find Hans a younger inmate yet scrawnier and sicklier, the mark of time spent in a concentration camp.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the migrants, a scrawny 21-year-old in a camouflage shirt, struggled to remove his black-cord choker, and the agent snipped it off.

From New York Times

Duncan was an all-star in Year 1 and a champion in Year 2; Antetokounmpo has built himself up from a scrawny backup to a two-time MVP over eight seasons.

From Washington Post

After gaining 15 pounds in the offseason, Heinicke is noticeably bulkier compared to just a few months ago, when the scrawny, undersized quarterback dazzled in Washington’s wild-card loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

From Washington Times

Before he became Captain America Steve Rogers was short, scrawny and asthmatic and accustomed to being beaten down by men who were bigger and meaner.

From Salon