slender

Example Sentences

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With long, slender legs and a lightweight frame, it likely moved quickly through vegetation, hunting small reptiles, amphibians, and early mammals.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

“I’m sorry about my ugly appearance,” a preteen Kaley said in a YouTube video played in court Thursday morning, urgently repeating, “I look so fat,” while panning the camera over her slender torso.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

San Antonio took a slender lead into half-time.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

"I looked at my flat, slender belly in the mirror like a dear friend upon whom I was about to close a coffin lid," she later recalled.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

When I turn around, I spot a slender woman with a broad-brimmed hat waving at us.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila