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Its beanpole of a body was bandaged in blue khadags (prayer scarves), its stony mound of a base littered with vodka bottles and the occasional skull of a dead animal.
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Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Doubling as George, the patriarch of the Darling family, and the despised Captain Hook, Chris Bean is a marvel: a gawky, John Cleese-like beanpole whose every trip and turn is an entrée to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Those traits allowed Clark to defend every player on the court, from jitterbug point guards to beanpole centers.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
Darrell Moseley accepts some blame for his youngest brother’s beanpole body.
—Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2022
Michalski used to be just another southern Indiana beanpole.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
With four senior starters, much was expected of Loyola, whose tallest player, Jack Cummings, stood 6-foot-2, a beanpole for the times.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022
Peter is a slender beanpole who dresses in black and white and – gasp – sneakers, and crafts fragile flowers out of paper.
—Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2021
Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Doubling as George, the patriarch of the Darling family, and the despised Captain Hook, Chris Bean is a marvel: a gawky, John Cleese-like beanpole whose every trip and turn is an entrée to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Those traits allowed Clark to defend every player on the court, from jitterbug point guards to beanpole centers.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
Darrell Moseley accepts some blame for his youngest brother’s beanpole body.
—Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2022
Michalski used to be just another southern Indiana beanpole.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
With four senior starters, much was expected of Loyola, whose tallest player, Jack Cummings, stood 6-foot-2, a beanpole for the times.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022
Peter is a slender beanpole who dresses in black and white and – gasp – sneakers, and crafts fragile flowers out of paper.
—Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2021
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“Beanpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beanpole. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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