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Recent Examples of reedy
He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.
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E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Their voices sounded high and reedy, like that of preteen boys.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
In early 2023, one such target was Arundo, or giant reed, a bamboo-like plant that’s native to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers but now grows dense, reedy walls along Arizona streams.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Stanton’s arc includes cutting back to the prosecution of the Civil War and his relationship with Lincoln (Hamish Linklater, mostly unrecognizable while nailing the reedy voice), as on-air graphics grimly count down to the president’s fateful trip to Ford’s Theatre.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
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E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Their voices sounded high and reedy, like that of preteen boys.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
In early 2023, one such target was Arundo, or giant reed, a bamboo-like plant that’s native to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers but now grows dense, reedy walls along Arizona streams.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Stanton’s arc includes cutting back to the prosecution of the Civil War and his relationship with Lincoln (Hamish Linklater, mostly unrecognizable while nailing the reedy voice), as on-air graphics grimly count down to the president’s fateful trip to Ford’s Theatre.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reedy
Adjective
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Fill bare or weedy spots in the lawn with the help of summer rains.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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Plants can seed readily, so look for sterile varieties such as 'Select Blue', 'Walker’s Low', or 'Cat’s Meow' that won’t become weedy in the garden.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Given his wiry 5-foot-10 frame, and naturally below-average bat speed, he’s never had much margin for error or inefficiency in his hitting mechanics.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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He’s got some wiry strength and power with room to fill out and add lean muscle mass to a very rangy frame.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Just who was this willowy blond from Iowa City, Iowa?—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The year before, the actress Rose McGowan showed up to the same award show with her then-boyfriend Marilyn Manson in a stringy dress that exposed her buttocks.—
Misty White Sidell,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Reason For The Trash Can Littering the ground in stringy piles were tufts of corn silk and discarded corn husks.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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The original model walked with a spidery cat-eye that would have been considered bold.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2025
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With spidery legs and a chunky profile, the module, dubbed Spider, was all function, no form — the ideal machine to land on the moon.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
1 Mar. 2019
Adjective
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The book brings to life characters such as the waspish U.S. Army general Joseph Stilwell and the eccentric U.S. ambassador Patrick Hurley.—
Richard Bernstein,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Oct. 2014
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Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 May 2022
Adjective
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Men with aviator glasses and handlebar moustaches, leather jackets, jeans, or flannel walk down the street, lean against storefronts and lampposts.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
25 June 2025
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What’s rising in the aftermath is a new breed of giving that is leaner, faster, and built on the principles of decentralization, distribution, and data.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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There is some thought that Epenesa could be an expendable player via trade ahead of final cuts, but that would leave them fairly thin given that Hoecht is suspended for the first six games and Bosa has a lengthy injury history, and already has one minor injury to his name since joining the Bills.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2025
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“Reedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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