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Adjective
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Earlier in the two-time MVP’s career, at-the-time head coach Jason Kidd dubbed a lanky, 6-foot-11 teenager the team’s floor general.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
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That unit would sacrifice size (with no players taller than the lanky, 6-foot-8 Boucher) in the name of spacing and perimeter shooting.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wash the stringy fiber off the seeds in the sink.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Beneath the see-through number, a stringy black thong was visible.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The mountains on either side of the water give way to towering canyon walls, spruce and pine thin out, and only stout dwarf willow and spindly alder remain.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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The doe’s eyes blinked on either side of a spindly trunk.—
Devon O’Neil,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Soften the twiggy grapevine with sprigs of feathery broomcorn seed heads tucked between the garland stems.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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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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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then, there’s a creepy, reedy Charlie Plummer doing his best Caleb Landry Jones as Gary, #5, who goads other players into shedding down to their weakest points to eliminate them.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mount developed his characterization, with his reedy voice, suspicious eyes and slumped posture, on set.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The rangy 22-year-old was one of the C’s biggest preseason standouts, however, and should play an important role this season as an athletic chaos agent off the bench.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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The rangy star has previously immersed himself in performances that require both physical transformation and pitching outside of his comfort zone (see his extraordinary work as abolitionist John Brown in the limited series The Good Lord Bird).—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The actress wore a gem and pearl encrusted body suit with a plunging neckline beneath a wispy, long-sleeve coat accented by further beaded embroidery throughout.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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In the hair department, the Skims founder kept things simple, with her pixie style combed forward and her wispy bangs falling neatly over her face.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Stalky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalky. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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