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slender

[slen-der] / ˈslɛn dər /


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For the next few months, I’m setting aside my beach bag’s slender paperbacks and picking up “Middlemarch.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The slender and rangy left-hander Kemp, almost Ben Stokes-like with a flowing bat swing, hits cleanly straight or, as shown with her two sixes against Scotland, over mid-wicket.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

But when Ser Duncan the Tall crosses paths with a slender, small boy calling himself Egg, so begins a friendship that will one day change the Seven Kingdoms.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

The horses are characterised by their "large size, long legs, well-developed musculature, slender and elegant head -- set on a long, straight neck -- expressive eyes, high withers and sturdy hooves," he added.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Dirt fell from the ceiling as she tugged the slender glass tube free from the gnarly hand jutting out from the ceiling.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"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

The branch he had jumped from was slenderer than it looked from the ground and much higher.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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

Yet after being the fourth-fastest qualifier for the worlds final in Eugene, Allen was disqualified for a false start by the slenderest of margins.

From BBC Jul. 28, 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

Even the slenderest of biographies from the Arthur Schlesinger presidential series runs around 200 pages, and a Ron Chernow joint will push past 800.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2017

There is always the slenderest remorse after any fanfare.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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