wiry
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Would they get the shadows of his wiry grin just right?
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
On Fox News, Essayli, sporting a blue FBI windbreaker, hyped the arrest of Orellana, a quiet, wiry man with a long mane of coal-black hair.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
In these paintings, figures are defined by wiry contours and modeled with lean pigments in saturated hues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
A small, wiry, pockmarked young man with curly hair and a hard-to-place accent, he loitered in the area for hours, asking kitchen workers if his target would be coming that way.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
She crumpled up the plane and threw it back at a wiry red-haired boy, who Fadi guessed was Ike.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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