slender

These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Scattered across the living room floor, under a sparkling crystal chandelier, were dozens of photos of the same slender man in different settings - sitting at his desk, even playing in the snow.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Compared with related beetles, members of this genus have exceptionally long and slender mandibles, antennae, and maxillary palps.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

It seemed counterintuitive to slacken my grip given such a precise goal — to land a slender arrow in the epicenter of a black dot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Stretching his slender body with each bound, he ran past my hiding place as if he had urgent matters to attend to.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

"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

I add thirteen tiny freckles to a new, slenderer nose.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Both sides had sealed a bonus point with four tries apiece at the end of a breathless first half, with the visitors taking the slenderest of two-point leads into the break.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

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

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

“Red Knot,” the feature debut of Scott Cohen, a New York artist, takes an imposing backdrop and adds the slenderest of stories.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2014

She could fly, birdlike, from tree to tree, catching on to the slenderest branches.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins