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How to use spindly in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Spindly means characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance. Example: “She has spindly legs.”

Examples of spindly by meaning

adjectiveCharacteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.

  • She has spindly legs.

More sentences with spindly

  • My copy of “Lolita” is all foxed pages and spindly spine, battered and beloved.2021 February 26, Parul Sehgal, “Reviewing the Book Review”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry foxed
  • Coolio, whose spindly and sprouting cornrows defined his look, went on to sell over 17 million records throughout his career.2022 September 29, Eduardo Medina, McKenna Oxenden, “Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry cornrow
  • With one arm, he sidecasts between two spindly roots.2015, Ana Veciana-Suarez, Birthday Parties in Heaven, →ISBN. From the entry sidecast
  • The forms which Nauman took to making at the time were spindly affairs, loaflike and split into arching rails.1986, Robert Pincus-Witten, Postminimalism into Maximalism: American art, 1966-1986, UMI Research Press, page 79. From the entry loaflike
  • Yet this sign of growth and hope is framed by a triangle of spindly wood that subtly evokes torturously stretched arms, as on the Cross.2009 January 16, Roberta Smith, “Amid Intimate Galleries, a Jewel of a Painting Collection”, in New York Times. From the entry torturously
  • A few spindly trees cling to the sides of the gorge, but their roothold on the tiny patches of soil gathered in cracks is precarious.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 98. From the entry roothold
  • A tall, spindly man gaily swept into the room, his gleaming white Turkey teeth lighting the way ahead of him, a beacon in the mood lighting of the boutique.2023, Gina Kirkham, Murders at the Rookery Grange Retreat: A brand new unmissable humorous cozy crime mystery, Open Road Media, →ISBN. From the entry Turkey teeth
  • Desperate to stop before hurling herself off the edge of the cliff, she grabbed for a nearby tree branch, but the spindly bough snapped off in her hands.2018, Katie Ruggle, Through the Fire. From the entry bough
  • I like to envision a species of humanoids that, having evolved on the moon with one-sixth earth's gravity, are double our height but too spindly to play basketball.1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, pages 578-579. From the entry evolve
  • Wind howled along the earth, attaining a voice as it gusted around the rocks and spindly trees: a low muttersome sound like children whispering at the bottom of a well.2014, Nick Cutter, The Troop. From the entry muttersome

Meaning of spindly

  1. adjective Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.

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Questions about spindly in a sentence

How do you use spindly in a sentence?
Spindly is used as an adjective. For example: “She has spindly legs.”
What is a short sentence with spindly?
“She has spindly legs.”
What does spindly mean?
Spindly means characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.

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