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Recent Examples of wiry
The doctor, a short and wiry Iranian man in his 50s, stared into my throat with a flashlight and listened to my lungs.
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Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
As Banda escaped, Sasaki raised his wiry frame atop the rail and roared.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
But Colson, a wiry outdoors enthusiast fizzing with energy, has hiked and biked every inch of the island and made a point of recruiting local heroes like Tzavelakos, who teaches diving to hotel guests, and Sotiria Antonopoulou, who leads private tours of Ioulida.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
Is this the genuine cargo or some wiry wisp of a Ringo impersonator?
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
As Banda escaped, Sasaki raised his wiry frame atop the rail and roared.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
But Colson, a wiry outdoors enthusiast fizzing with energy, has hiked and biked every inch of the island and made a point of recruiting local heroes like Tzavelakos, who teaches diving to hotel guests, and Sotiria Antonopoulou, who leads private tours of Ioulida.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
Is this the genuine cargo or some wiry wisp of a Ringo impersonator?
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiry
Adjective
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The new film follows Hiccup (Mason Thames), a young and scrawny Viking boy who refuses to follow his tribe’s tradition of hunting dragons.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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New Atlas Given their electric underpinnings, scrawny body styles, and retro design cues, Flying Flea's bikes don't appear to be designed for mass appeal.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Her sinewy voice lends the song an effortlessly cool vibe, one perfect for the warm days ahead.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
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My legs: muscular during my years of playing varsity soccer and basketball and running track; long and sinewy in my later adult life; milky-pale every winter, yet sunburned often and easily in the summer.—
Laura Neilson,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Mitsouko softened Chypre’s rawboned extremes, imparting a creamy peach glow to the whole.—
Noy Thrupkaew,
Washington Post,
21 Apr. 2021
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Kirschling, a rawboned young man from Wisconsin, had written a master’s thesis at Columbia about long-term productivity decline in New York City’s mass transit.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
2 July 2018
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Champion’s angular heels and Schwarzenegger’s high-gloss loafers remained central to the look — classic shapes reinterpreted through finish and proportion.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
23 June 2025
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The sculpture features two toy rockers— a horse and a dinosaur — that are split in half and paired unevenly down the middle for an angular Cubist effect.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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As tech organizations flatten their hierarchies, restructure teams and return to leaner operating models, one skill separates executives who thrive from those who struggle: the ability to delegate.—
Jimmie Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Limit these foods and prioritize nutrient-dense options like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beneficial fats, and lean proteins.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Taper: Taper candles are long, slender candles with a wider base and a narrow top.—
Maya Handelsman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 June 2025
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Consequently, the rollers became more and more narrow, until all that remained was a slender bar capped on both ends by large discs.—
Kai James,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Trying to shove your lower leg into something like skinny jeans or a condom could end up cutting off blood flow, which clearly would not be good for your calf.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Each wave of skinny fixation has echoed like a cultural recoil — a shrinking aesthetic that emerges just as women expand their influence Advertisement But something is shifting.—
Anne Marie Chaker,
Time,
18 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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“Wiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiry. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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