1
as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team
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as in broad
having considerable extent
a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university
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Recent Examples of rangy
The community’s letters are rangy—friendly, philosophical, paranoid, flirtatious.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
The Carolina Panthers knew that Chris Brazzell was going to be sure-handed and rangy and fast when the team selected him in the third round of the draft last month.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026
Could long, rangy Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren be there to be the quarterback of the secondary for Hafley, who has a track record of coaching defensive backs?
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David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
Reese is a fast, rangy defender and tackler at the second level at linebacker.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rangy
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
The Carolina Panthers knew that Chris Brazzell was going to be sure-handed and rangy and fast when the team selected him in the third round of the draft last month.
—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026
Could long, rangy Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren be there to be the quarterback of the secondary for Hafley, who has a track record of coaching defensive backs?
—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
Reese is a fast, rangy defender and tackler at the second level at linebacker.
—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The church’s punishment, however, delivered in front of the congregants, is an eerie ritual performed by a gaunt, severe visitor (Nicholas Hope).
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Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.
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The announcement signals a potential compromise in a standoff that had threatened to delay Bell’s confirmation and raised broader questions about governance at Florida’s flagship university.
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That idea has broad support from lawmakers, though most housing experts disagree that such a step is needed.
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Gray, a lanky man with a gray mustache, volunteers as a docent at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, just across from Boeing Field.
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Green's first two seasons in college went according to script and the lanky downfield threat was as good as advertised, earning first-team All-SEC honors in back-to-back years.
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Born in Brooklyn to a Haitian father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat drew on a wide range of cultural references that shaped both his life and his work.
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The same went for a wide throw from Anthony Volpe, which let Boston score on a potential double play ball in the eighth inning.
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This week, global fashion technology company and search engine Lyst reported that demand for men’s skinny jeans and skinny pants has risen 25 percent month-on-month on the platform.
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On-ball players this skinny who have entered the NBA recently have struggled.
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Iran also committed to open its facilities to extensive international inspections in exchange for the sanctions relief and unfreezing of its foreign assets.
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Every gas article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance products.
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Without pruning, Russian sage can become spindly, leggy, and overgrown.
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As century upon century passes, the oceans freeze over and he is retrieved by what look like skinny, spindly aliens — not too unlike those briefly seen throughout pop culture, including in other Spielberg films.
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Cuba’s Communist Party has approved 176 free‑market measures, which are described as the most sweeping economic overhaul since the revolution, dismantling pillars of state control and decentralizing a system battered by crisis.
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South Florida Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar is expressing skepticism over the Cuban government's announcement of sweeping economic reforms that would open key sectors of the island's economy to private and foreign investment.
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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rangy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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