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Recent Examples of wiry
The wiry outfielder received just 48 plate appearances in his first two collegiate seasons.
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Walmsley will portray Pat, a wiry, volatile young Westie with a chip on his shoulder, quick to throw punches and eager to prove himself.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The wiry face hair and fur is not labrador.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Bindweed is wiry and strong and spreads by seeds, roots, and rhizomes.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Walmsley will portray Pat, a wiry, volatile young Westie with a chip on his shoulder, quick to throw punches and eager to prove himself.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The wiry face hair and fur is not labrador.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Bindweed is wiry and strong and spreads by seeds, roots, and rhizomes.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiry
Adjective
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The woman’s husband, a scrawny man in a shabby work uniform, smelling of sewage, drooped behind the gurney.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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If you’ve been disappointed by scrawny servings at other hot chicken restaurants, that is definitely not a problem at Hattie B’s.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 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 light turns angular and the ranges run like guardrails toward Mexico.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The celebrated sculptor, whose angular, gravity-defying figures are icons of modern art, spent his life exploring form, balance, and the spaces in between.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Much of what is imported is lean beef trimmings that meatpackers mix with fattier beef produced in the United States to produce the varieties of ground beef that domestic consumers want, so any change in imports would affect primarily hamburger.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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If your goal is to increase protein intake, choose leaner fish.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The minimalist silhouette is set on a slender 110mm stiletto heel, and features a delicate crossover toe strap, three straps over the back of the foot and slim straps around the ankle that give it a barely-there finish.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The long, slender necks and arched stems of Bosc pears, the round, silhouette of Comice.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Crafted in Italy, the roomy, slip-on silhouette boasted a silver-tone leather upper, as well as a pointy toe and skinny 105mm stiletto heel.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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To portray the famous couple, Kourtney wore a mesh T-shirt, studded leather pants and a curly blonde wig, while the Blink-182 drummer wore a leather jacket, skinny jeans and a spiked black wig.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of a hearty stew of beans, meat, and spices like cumin and chili powder, Skyline or Cincinnati chili is a thinner, slightly sweet meat sauce with strong notes of cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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What the team found instead was a thin layer of clay, less than one-hundredth of an inch thick, which had formed on top of the animals’ skin.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Wiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiry. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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