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Recent Examples of willowy Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024 But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024 The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 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 See All Example Sentences for willowy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for willowy
Adjective
  • The real winners are those who combine strategy with smart systems, focus on value, and stay flexible as technology and markets change and evolve.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Helping ease the housing shortage by increasing the supply of small, relatively affordable homes within established neighborhoods, ADUs help slow the rise in housing prices and provide flexible living arrangements for changing family needs.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Chelan County Sheriff's Office reported a deputy found the girls lifeless with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • Three days later, the girls’ bodies were discovered with plastic bags over their heads and their hands bound at Rock Island Campground, police said.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Paper strips and floppy discs — technology still used by controllers today — have become a talking point on Capitol Hill.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
  • Pair it with oversized sunglasses and a floppy straw hat for a classic beach-ready outfit.
    Jené Luciani Sena may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Letz is a physically and emotionally pliant but also a verbose actor of great versatility, able to play a standard Second City dad and Chicag’ow type, but also a neurotic (lots of call for that in this show) and a dweeb and, well, whatever gets thrown his way.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 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 7 Jul. 2025.

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