long-legged

Example Sentences

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The good news is that the PPE will propel a generation of long-legged, heavy-hitting electrics coming from VW Group, including those from Audi and Porsche.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

In a room at the French consul general’s, a diptych of palms as long-legged as Paris runway models.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

I visited the preserve recently, and saw ducks with emerald collars preening themselves and tiny long-legged shorebirds scuttling across the driving path.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Also known as long-legged ants or Maldive ants, these tiny insects don't have mental illness.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2023

Dat long-legged Tea Cake ain’t got doodly squat.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston