skinny

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The puffin was later collected by the wildlife experts who told her it was skinny and was likely to have been struggling a while.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

“A skinny, little, frail-looking dude—there was a reason he was a ‘zero-star.’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

A few appeared skinny enough to slip through the bars.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan