tall

Ma’s tall, athletic form almost fills my doorway.

The captain was an imposing man, well over six feet tall, with shoulders strong and broad enough to build on.

“Surely a place with so many pillows is bound to be pleasant,” the little girl had chirped bravely to the tall, strange lady at her side.

Instead he retreated to the farthest corner of the nursery, where he began building tall, wobbly towers out of square wooden blocks that he then proceeded to tip over with barely a hint of satisfaction.

She had grown taller and filled out a bit; this she knew from the fit of her clothes.