slender

Example Sentences

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This ancient relative, like the newly identified species, had long, slender legs and lived fully on land rather than in water.

From Science Daily

“Production was up again last week,” the male officer said in German to a tall slender man with a shaved head and a striped uniform.

From Literature

Already it had something of the beauty of a full-grown wolf: the slender pale.grey muzzle; large silver ears with their edging of black; elegant, dark-rimmed eyes.

From Literature

My hands curled around the slender wood of the chair’s backrest.

From Literature

When I turn toward the sound, Rose—a slender, mousy girl who has heretofore been mostly silent—is still poised with her hand in the air, fingers now emptied of cutlery.

From Literature