slender
Example Sentences
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The futility and frustration of dieting has in recent years ignited a resistance movement of sorts, encouraging women, especially, to reject social pressures to maintain a slender form.
He was a slender man with tapering fingers.
From New York Times
Roper’s premise, by her own plotting, hangs on a slender tampon thread.
From Washington Post
He then kneels, as the sunlight might glint off an all-but-invisible trip wire made from slender thread resembling fishing line if viewed from a different angle.
From New York Times
Don’t use especially thick or particularly slender asparagus for this recipe; pencil-sized spears will be perfectly tender when the couscous is done.
From Washington Times
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