scrawny
Example Sentences
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I saw a few scrawny boys leaning out the open upstairs windows, hooting and whistling at the fallen pickpocket on the street below.
From Literature
Although he played quarterback, he was so scrawny that it was hard for even the most optimistic coach to imagine how he would survive a college pass rush.
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
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
He was too shy, too scrawny, too awkward.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
