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Recent Examples of willowy But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024 Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin. EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024 Michelle Troconis, the 49-year-old Venezuelan socialite who was convicted on Friday for conspiracy to commit murder, is tall, willowy, and as beautiful as a newscaster. Rich Cohen, airmail.news, 2 Mar. 2024 The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for willowy
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Adjective
  • The refrigerated deliveries are flexible based on your schedule and feature eco-friendly packaging.
    Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Crops are left unharvested in response to market conditions, but they could be marketed with connections to more flexible buyers.
    Ivanka Trump, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Fish 10 to 20 feet deep with plastic worms or jig and pigs.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Charges previously alleged that the woman had placed the newborn in a plastic bag before throwing it out of the bathroom window onto concrete, the outlet reported.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The 9-inch monochrome CRT was retained, but the floppy drive no longer had a door, and the keyboard was extended with several special keys.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • So pack that sunscreen, toss a floppy hat into your weekend bag, and get ready to sip fruity drinks with tiny umbrellas.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This led Liu to wonder if these pliant electronics might keep up with the mutable nature of embryonic brains.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
  • Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 June 2022

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“Willowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/willowy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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