lithe

• The memory of them is that of a figure tall and lithe, a little more rounded than of yore, and a chiselled face softened by a power that is one of the world's mysteries. —  Richard Carvel
• Then there was the fearful, great boa-constrictor ... which turned out to be a double-jointed, lithe, acrobatic, boy-like girl whom we knew as Jessie ... —  Tramping on Life
• At the present moment my body is as lithe, as powerful and as enduring as the body of a youth of twenty, and I attribute this wealth of health to the fact that twenty-five years ago, I tackled this problem of self-mastery and laid the foundations for my present strength. —  From the Bottom Up
• There was nothing to suggest softness or yielding; she was hard, lithe, and every bit a warrior, all muscle and whipcord. —  The Silver Gryphon
• Nearly twenty years have passed since men heard his voice, looked on his strong, lithe, active form, saw the gleam of his honest eyes, and felt the presence of a man — a man who wanted nothing and gave everything — a man who gave himself. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers

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