slender

Example Sentences

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First, their majorities in the House and Senate are perilously slender.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Not one of the galleries has a skylight, although some have one or two slender slits atop the walls that admit weak slivers of borrowed light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

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

A short, slender man with black hair and light brown skin like Eddie’s pops his head in from behind a door.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy