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Recent Examples of wiry
In the summer, spider plants produce small white flowers and rafts of baby spider plants on long, wiry stalks that trail from the plant.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
Stowell, who is wiry and energetic, came up and embraced Wilson.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The guy in front of me, Wade Wilson, is a wiry real estate agent from nearby Golden.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
Franko, a wiry man of forty-four with a sharp, deliberate voice, sat reviewing his points for the morning: Arizona’s Proposition 314, a measure designed to allow state officials to round up and deport undocumented border crossers, topped the list.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
Stowell, who is wiry and energetic, came up and embraced Wilson.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The guy in front of me, Wade Wilson, is a wiry real estate agent from nearby Golden.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
Franko, a wiry man of forty-four with a sharp, deliberate voice, sat reviewing his points for the morning: Arizona’s Proposition 314, a measure designed to allow state officials to round up and deport undocumented border crossers, topped the list.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiry
Adjective
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Proctor was a scrawny 12-year-old surfing Malibu’s Second Point in the mid-1980s when Miod paddled up and introduced himself.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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And there’s almost no one in town who wouldn’t take that offering, except this scrawny dude.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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No doubt Aston Martin hoped the shade, which adds a bit of metallic flake to the bright hue, would pop in photos—but to my eye, the brilliance actually results in many of the more sleek and sinewy details getting blown out.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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Colvin, a sinewy former high-school wrestler whose rounded silver eyeglasses give him a scholarly mien, was plenty intrigued.—
Brendan I. Koerner,
WIRED,
13 Jan. 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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It's got the gamer aesthetic, with angular chassis elements and Acer's Predator branding, of many other family members in the Taiwanese tech firm's line of gaming notebooks.—
Tom Brant,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
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The new mirrors also feature an angular component to redirect laser pulses to a receiving station back on Earth, rather than straight back to their LLRO point of origin.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Prioritize vegetables, lean proteins and meats, and whole foods that are low in fat and processed ingredients.—
Alyssa Hui-Anderson,
Verywell Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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Most organizations fighting the left lean toward despair, while most future-building is done by the left.—
Josh Rottenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Physically strong for his tender age and slender frame, Yalcouye demonstrated a strong defensive mindset, excelling as a ball-winning midfielder.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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No matter the quality of what exists of the film today, piercing through the celluloid is the indelible creepy image of Schreck and his slender 6-foot 3-inch frame as Orlok.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The woman walked past, shuffling her skinny legs with determination.—
Samanta Schweblin,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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Something is wrong when a police officer who threatened to kill my son comes to my home and, without hesitating, without negotiating with a sick, skinny 21-year-old in crisis, carries out his threat and shoots my son five times.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mother Nature removes this thin coating of cement/lime paste over time, exposing the sand color to your eyes.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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What to order: Your mileage my vary depending on your preferences, but why not start with the New York Original thin crust pizza for $16.95?—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Wiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiry. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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