How to Use gangly in a Sentence

gangly

adjective

• But the genus Lonicera is a big and gangly group of plants.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2020
• The back one is all gangly and tall, while the front ones look okay but have hardly grown.
  — Forbes, 28 June 2021
• Against all odds, a gangly, gay Black woman born and raised in Texas had thrived in Siberia.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2022
• Out on the prairie, where the grass and sky swallowed our gangly bipedal figures, the bison were scaled to fit.
  — Sarah Laskow, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2022
• In the film, the gangly, fresh-faced teenagers of the first installment are showing signs of middle age.
  — Felix Gillette, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• Scan the pages of her gangly script onto my iPhone, AirDrop them into the iMac, upload to the cloud, throw the pages into the trash.
  — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 25 May 2020
• There were no age limits for trick-or-treaters, and some gangly boys stood taller than the parents passing out the treats.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2019
• Meg's family lived in a big white house, and so did the Hands Catherine had a crush on a gangly red-haired boy, just like Meg did.
  — Emily Heil, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• When next year’s holiday card comes in the mail, the little brother will no longer be gangly and adorable.
  — Charlotte Wilder, SI.com, 17 May 2018
• Now a gangly, graying 65-year-old, he was known at Sullivan as the Old God.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
• And there was Tum Tum Nairn, the 5-foot-9 point guard, hidden among all that gangly flesh, leading the earsplitting chants.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2017
• Bill Walton, the gangly center who starred for the Trail Blazers and later the Celtics, recalled that night so long ago.
  — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2018
• Phelps qualified for his first Olympics as a gangly teenager out of Rodgers Forge in 2000.
  — Michael Marot, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2017
• One is Mohammed Tamimi, 15, a gangly boy who looks like part of his skull has been sliced off at an angle.
  — Lawahez Jabari, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2018
• The next day, each season’s new gangly babies are sold off at an auction that draws thousands from around the world for a chance to buy a Misty of their own.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 8 July 2019
• The sight of several gangly offspring standing in a nest begs the question: Is there enough room?
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2021
• Moeller's Kremer has had his eye on Hayes for some time, waiting for the gangly body to fully mature.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• At the time, Clarke said, Giddey was going through a teenage growth spurt — all gangly limbs, stiff hips and raw potential.
  — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• The school’s gangly cub reporter, complete with Sarah Koenig glasses, chases down the truth.
  — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2017
• Jagger twirled his minuscule hips and gangly limbs in a dance with that rhythm, as if his body were being controlled by the flicks of Watts’ wrists.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2019
• Plus, seeing my daughter swim again, her gangly arms slicing through the water, was a warm spring breeze.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
• He’s a redheaded, tall, gangly, weird man who doesn’t shy away from being weird.
  — Dan Reilly, Vulture, 24 June 2021
• Because there was no way the gangly 5-foot-11 freshman with a mop of golden hair could be serious.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• What works for Winn and his compact delivery, for example, might not work best for the gangly Crouse.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2021
• Herd manager Meg Puckett shared a photo of the gangly foal, a bay with two socks and a star, learning to walk alongside his mom, North Star.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2020
• My 10-year-old — a gangly preteen in Adidas tracksuit pants — has autism.
  — Julie M. Green, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• In photographs from his cell, the gangly 21-year-old holds one finger aloft in a religious salute.
  — Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
• Phelps qualified for his first Olympics as a gangly teenager in 2000.
  — Michael Marot, The Seattle Times, 4 July 2017
• Her long limbs give her a gangly appearance, but the flaming strands of her hair are beautiful.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• The proportions of his eponymous stop-motion character are gangly and childlike, in the words of Guillermo del Toro.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024