scrawny
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Lotkoy Ebey has just five scrawny goats to her name where she once had 50.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
He was sitting on a curb beneath a scrawny tree, trying to get some shade, and coughing.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 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
Compared to this, the one at home was positively scrawny, but to Shirley, it was special just the same.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Vocabulary lists containing scrawny
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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