skinny

Example Sentences

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This involved removing fat from her stomach and transferring it to her "skinny" legs.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge told AFP that cattle producers have been "living off very skinny margins" for years.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Among all the patterns identified, the "pancreatic-predominant" and "skinny fat" profiles stood out.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

I was a skinny Brazilian guy who didn’t speak Spanish at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

He’d gotten so skinny that the gym teacher had sent him to the school nurse, who had sent him to the guidance counselor, who had asked why he’d lost so much weight.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman