How to Use legged in a Sentence

legged

adjective
  • Cross-legged at the tabletop, guessing the names of books.
    The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • Celebrate the luck of the Irish with your four-legged friend.
    Ashley Capoot, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Our car had the M Sport setup, and the ride is stiff-legged.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 8 June 2022
  • My then-6-year-old twins sat cross-legged on the floor.
    Crystal Wilkinson, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Barred from sitting cross-legged on the floor like the boys.
    Anne Branigin, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • One-legged pants were one of the stranger themes of this past fashion month.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Bids on the stylish homes for your four-legged friends can be placed at CincyHomearama.com/dog-house-auction-homearama-2021.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Among Peli’s crew of droids is a small, two-legged BD unit.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Bring your four-legged friend to this pet-friendly event on the Great Lawn.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2022
  • But the big-legged Chris Boswell pushed the 50-yard attempt wide right at the closed end of the stadium.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Want your four-legged canine friend to live a few years longer?
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
  • The boy is sitting cross-legged in the photo and looking down at the firearm on his lap.
    Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022
  • There's the balance with all the one-legged, different things.
    Greg Presto, Men's Health, 21 June 2022
  • The strong-legged kicker, who's made 54 of 68 field goals over the past two seasons, was cut by the Panthers.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Her cross-legged joys and kindness fill a room like the scent of Elton John’s candles.
    Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Rihanna paired wide-legged brown pants, a leather corset, and a long brown leather and fleece coat.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 July 2021
  • White, a big animal lover, would take breaks to go greet her two and four-legged fans.
    Rodney Ho, ajc, 31 Dec. 2021
  • LeBron James hit the game-winning shot, a one-legged turnaround jumper.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Feb. 2022
  • This means a song has to contain a certain amount of wiggle room to sound both wide-eyed and hairy-legged.
    David Kirby, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Plus: free dog bandanas to all four-legged besties while supplies last.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • More often than not there’s a cross-legged Buddha perched in a corner.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In the pic, the 47-year-old former actress sits cross-legged on the floor while wearing a one-piece yellow bathing suit.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • Of more concern are black-legged ticks — also called deer ticks.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
  • The restaurant is empty, save for me and my four-legged companion.
    Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Jerry Hall has spent decades in the public eye, being the long-legged, blonde model from Texas that the world has come to love.
    Logan Sykes, Town & Country, 23 June 2022
  • The young boys sat cross-legged in front of her, looking up at her gentle, weathered face.
    Mira Sethi, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The wire-legged, bold print signs were still in Fishler’s yard as of Friday, when a reporter drove by his home.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • At camp, keep your four-legged friend on leash or within your control.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
  • DeRozan took the final shot, a 15-foot, one-legged fadeaway defended by Caris LeVert that rimmed out.
    Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Could passengers lift their knees and go fetal or do a one-legged flamingo-style stance in keeping with a beachy theme?
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'legged.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: