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One was Hesperosuchus agilis, a fast land predator with a long snout, powerful hind legs, and smaller, more slender front limbs.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

The British Trust for Ornithology said there were a handful of sightings of the "slender and graceful" bird in the UK, mostly from August to October.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

It seemed counterintuitive to slacken my grip given such a precise goal — to land a slender arrow in the epicenter of a black dot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The encyclopedia entry had a photograph of Pauline Hawthorne herself, a slender woman with large dark eyes and silvery hair in a no-nonsense bob.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

"It is more likely than not that megalodon must have had a much slenderer body than the modern great white shark."

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025

And it consisted of a series of stacked volumes that grew slenderer and more circular as the tower rose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2020

“In the Realm of Perfection” is slenderer, knottier, more self-consciously besotted than that.

From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2018

Its signs also use a sans-serif font, although one that's slenderer and more delicate than Helvetica.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2017

In the midst of them, thin-stalked, a taller, slenderer fungus, the Charing-T Tower lifted towards the sky a disk of shining concrete.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

In her review of the 1978 production, Times theater critic Sylvie Drake identifies “Fam and Yam” as the weak link in “Albee Directs Albee,” calling the playlet “the slenderest of self-jibes” and a “threadbare spoof.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

But what “Sollers Point” accomplishes is a singular balancing act, compensating for the mood of heavy discouragement with only the slenderest thread of hope.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018

She won her Broxstowe seat last time round by the slenderest of margins.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2014

“Red Knot,” the feature debut of Scott Cohen, a New York artist, takes an imposing backdrop and adds the slenderest of stories.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2014

He made his wild way to the very top, to the slenderest branch that would support his weight.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig