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Recent Examples of wiry
In every previous iteration of the play, the wiry, manic Leguizamo has performed the show with his signature motor-mouth energy, fiery personality and chameleon-like talent for creating characters and voices.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
The doctor, a short and wiry Iranian man in his 50s, stared into my throat with a flashlight and listened to my lungs.
—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
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
The doctor, a short and wiry Iranian man in his 50s, stared into my throat with a flashlight and listened to my lungs.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiry
Adjective
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Whereas his father is macho and courageous, Hiccup comes across scrawny and sensitive.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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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
Adjective
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Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.—
Emily Temple
May 27,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2025
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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
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
Adjective
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The angular pickup has been recalled eight times for a variety of hardware and software issues since Tesla began shipping it in November 2023.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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Price upon publish date of this article: $255 What’s white, angular, and sleek all over?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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In theory, this model promises leaner, more responsive governance.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The leaner workforce could impact UPS's operational capacity and affect the businesses and everyday customers who rely on its services.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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As Artaserse, Kim’s performance took some time to ripen on Friday, his voice sometimes vanishingly slender and lagging behind the orchestra in his first aria to Semira.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Here again, binoculars will prove most beneficial in helping to find not only Pollux and Castor, but this exceedingly slender lunar sliver.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Jamie has a big head, like a baby, and skinny limbs; his flashes of menace have the horror-movie quality of an evil doll.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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As a departure from the era of plain skinny ties, Lauren's wide, colorful neckties broke the mold, and his company grew from there.—
Diane J. Cho,
People.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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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,
12 July 2025
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Many houses, townhomes and apartment buildings in both the city and suburbs have only a few square feet of front yard, or are surrounded by a thin fringe of plantable area.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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“Wiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiry. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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