gangly

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Tall, gangly, and tomboyish, she had a bombshell body but not smoldering sex appeal.

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  • He was gangly, a full head taller than Besen, and panted heavily.
  • He was tall and gangly, his complexion marred by acne scars. —  Garwood, Julie - Buchanan 1 - Heartbreaker
  • Tall and, gangly, with gentle eyes in a slightly weathered face, Grossberg is considerably older than many of the other researchers leading the new Al movement, But he shares their sense of rebellion. —  Omni: February 1995
  • Tall and gangly, he appeared to have been put together by someone who had run out of the correct parts and been forced to substitute. —  Death Gate Cycle 1 - Dragon Wing
  • Which maxim's truth never more conclusively demonstrated than today Recently re resurrected Helio Aircraft Company's latest edition of Stallion bushplane is big, gangly, awkward-looking bird: only a whisker less than forty feet from prop spinner to strobe-capped tail cone, wingspan slightly wider still. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
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