How to Use wiry in a Sentence

wiry

adjective

• He has dark, wiry hair.
• She was lean and wiry from years of working out.
• Kudus is wiry and full of tricks.
  — Jay Harris, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
• The wiry face hair and fur is not labrador.
  — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
• The next step for her will be adding some bulk to her wiry frame.
  — Brandon Bradley, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2017
• Wall is tall-ish and wiry, with a full beard and a ready smile.
  — Donovan X. Ramsey Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2021
• Ahmed was wiry, yes, but skinny.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 12 June 2026
• The spork's wiry handle is steel, as well.
  — C.c. Weiss may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
• Your hair may feel rigid, wiry, or fibrous.
  — Maggie Donahue, Health, 27 Sep. 2025
• Bindweed is wiry and strong and spreads by seeds, roots, and rhizomes.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
• Our host, small and wiry, is dressed in a white T-shirt and slacks.
  — Rachel Corbett, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2021
• My hair was getting wiry and unruly.
  — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 11 May 2026
• Their coats, soft and silky rather than thick and wiry, could not protect them from the cold.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
• Deputies threw the wiry 53-year-old to the floor and handcuffed him.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2022
• Yellow sweet clover has wiry stems and grows 3-6 feet tall if left unchecked.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
• Dimock is a wiry 47-year-old with short black hair and a bright smile.
  — Star Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
• This springiness also helps the wiry tines grab broad leaves and pull them to you en masse.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• Eddie Nash was fifty-two years old, six feet tall, gray haired, strong and wiry.
  — Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
• Okwara’s hands are boosted by his wiry strength at the point of contact.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2020
• Gone are the days of ill-fitting clothes hanging loosely over his wiry frame.
  — Dallas News, 14 July 2022
• Back then, Cordero was a wiry shortstop who stood close to 6-foot-3.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018
• Two sixth-grade boys appeared, one tall and floppy-haired, the other wiry and blond.
  — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
• Good natured and wiry framed, Qutesh is behind the counter most hours his store’s open.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• Some of these spiny perennials grow on the ground, while others grow tall on thin, wiry trunks.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
• The dance-punk song features wiry synths and guitar loops while the lyrics poke fun at the modern world.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Jan. 2023
• The pouch was crossed by three curving seams that were knotted shut with railroad tracks of black wiry thread.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• The place is filled with wiry fighters reeking of Tiger Balm and sweat.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
• The song is vintage Strokes with a driving drum beat and wiry guitar lines.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2021
• The wiry Rodia would climb it like a sailor in rigging or a spider in a web.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
• Comments from online forums were sketched into the black wiry walls of the path ahead.
  — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023