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How to use leggy in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Leggy means having long, attractive legs; long-legged. Example: “Fred preferred leggy blondes.”

Examples of leggy by meaning

adjectiveHaving long, attractive legs; long-legged.

  • Fred preferred leggy blondes.

adjectiveExposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.

  • Pam looked leggy today because she was wearing a miniskirt.

adjectiveHaving numerous legs.

  • the leggiest centipede ever found

adjectiveTaller or longer than usual.

  • Plants grow leggy if deprived of light.

More sentences with leggy

  • Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut.2000, Phil Austin, Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar, page 109. From the entry clock
  • Iconic Barbie may be blonder, bluer-eyed, richer, thinner, leggier and bustier than everyone else, but she's also “not special” and “disposable.”2016 February 4, Meghan Daum, “Curvy or no, Barbie is still a mean girl”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry blue-eyed
  • But it turns out the leggy lady wasn’t his babymamma – it was his new look-alike girlfriend Elle Evans!2015, “Are Kate & Matt Back On?”, in Nicole Byers, editor, NW, volume 23, number 23, Sydney, N.S.W.: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29. From the entry babymamma
  • He could be exposed to legions of unattached, macro skirted, skorted and generally leggy, attractive, professional accountants, doctors, solicitors, barristers etc, etc.2009, Penny Isaacs, Sarah Lockett, The Dish, page 89. From the entry skorted
  • I tried to concentrate on this very tiny but very fascinating scandal-ette involving a leggy blonde Russian researcher, but Jude Law — and Spoonerisms — kept distracting me.2011, Ann Treneman, Dave and Nick: The Year of the Honeymoon...and beyond. From the entry scandalette
  • Last October, urging Congress to get tough on the obvious suspects, the leggy blonde commentatrix Coulter declared, ‘Americans aren’t going to die for political correctness.’ They already have.2002, The Spectator. From the entry commentatrix

Meaning of leggy

  1. adjective Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
  2. adjective Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
  3. adjective Having numerous legs.

Full definition of leggy

Questions about leggy in a sentence

How do you use leggy in a sentence?
Leggy is used as an adjective. For example: “Fred preferred leggy blondes.”
What is a short sentence with leggy?
“Fred preferred leggy blondes.”
What does leggy mean?
Leggy means having long, attractive legs; long-legged.

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