slenderize
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She will also modify the bustle in the back to slenderize the bride.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2011
With these 600 assistants, he hoped to slenderize the Navy's 325,000 men and keep them thin.
From Time Magazine Archive
To slenderize his trumpet-topped columns as much as possible, he manufactured them in one piece on the site and derricked them into place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Words like suave-mannered, custom-finished, contour-conforming, mitt-back, innersole, backdip, midriff, swoosh, swash, curvaceous, slenderize and pet-smooth are flung about with evident full expectation that the reader will understand them at a glance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its can was briefly slenderized to better appeal to millennials; now it’s back to its regular shape.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
A Matinicus Blue Rock pullover introduced at about the dawn of yacht rock was stealthily slenderized.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
Pat married so many contradictory qualities in one slenderized figure.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2016
Gradually the motif abstracted into a teardrop shape, slenderized as its Clark Kent–like top curl became exaggerated and larger.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2015
Simple as a Hungarian peasant, beauteous, fun-loving, slenderized Ilona Massey is unspoiled, despite pounds of jewelry and dozens of furs lavished on her by ardent admirers.
From Time Magazine Archive
This episode has slenderizing, surface-smoothing effects on the brain.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
What’s funny about that is realizing that like those injectable treatments Santos boasts about, this episode has slenderizing, surface-smoothing effects on the brain.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
The darker hue was less likely to stain, and also slenderizing.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2022
You should think about tailoring the ties yourself, and then you should come to your senses and have a professional do the slenderizing for you.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2014
The slenderizing craze has gone far beyond the salon walls.
From Time Magazine Archive
