Definition of WIRY

Examples of wiry in a Sentence

a man with long, wiry arms She was lean and wiry from years of working out. He has dark, wiry hair.

Recent Examples on the Web Only the serious runners are passing me now, long, wiry bodies with dayglo shoes and militant eye-protection. — Matt Farwell, The New Republic, "My Own Private Decade From Hell," 30 Dec. 2019 Nina is wiry and agile, constantly moving and working. — Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, "Lost in the years: Nourished by memories, wisdom and moose meat in Northwest Alaska," 6 Dec. 2019 Damon’s cornpone impudence and Bale’s volatile temperament (turning himself into a wiry Pete Postlethwaite) don’t rise to a level of mythic authenticity. — Armond White, National Review, "Ford v Ferrari Makes Race-Car Movies Great Again," 22 Nov. 2019 Soon we were all corralled by Ernesto’s biking partner and best friend, Camilo Sánchez, a wiry figure with a silver goatee whose father had been killed in Bolivia with Che. — Lisette Poole, Smithsonian, "Roaring Through Cuba With Che Guevara’s Son," 24 Oct. 2019 For more than three decades they were looked after by a wiry keeper, Dicko Toki. — The Economist, "A former president’s crocodiles are terrorising Ivory Coast’s capital," 21 Nov. 2019 Before long, my casual stubble gave way to a wiry purgatory, and the strange drama unfolding on my face became an obsession. — William Alden, The Atlantic, "Where Toxic Masculinity Goes to Die," 1 Oct. 2019 No one could make Jo laugh like Lola. *** My parents had two dogs: sleek, gentle Sandy, and hyper, wiry-haired Penny, whom my mom had adopted on a whim outside Petco. — Katie Gutierrez, Longreads, "How to Predict the Unpredictable," 24 Sep. 2019 The Friendship local was led by Jim Danley, a wiry 35-year-old with a sandy complexion, and by the Eberle brothers. — Trevor Paulhus, Smithsonian, "When the Socialist Revolution Came to Oklahoma—and Was Crushed," 19 Sep. 2019

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“Wiry.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiry. Accessed 22 January 2020.

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