lithe-bodied

Below, and seated on the rich rugs which cover the marble pavement, musicians and singers pause to listen to impassioned words from a laurel-crowned poet, while further on a sort of orchestra plays time for the sensuous dance of lithe-bodied Oriental dancers -- each woman of them more ravishing than the other.

The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal Various

That tall and lithe-bodied and abrupt-tongued friend of hers, colorless cheeks even paler against the black background, of her Mongolian costume, still had eyes for the change which had come over the younger girl, in spite of the terror which had been congealing her own heart since the moment of unmasking.

Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans

The man who had ordered Vermilion to release her, and who had fired the shot that had killed him, stood calmly watching four lithe-bodied canoemen securely bind the arms of the two scowmen who had attacked Big

The Gun-Brand 1921

It was a long, low, lithe-bodied, form that moved with the easy, gliding movements of

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

He shucked out of the log stable a smooth, round, lithe-bodied little cayuse of a blue-gray color.

The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Hamlin Garland 1900

The lithe-bodied audience had gathered here for Wanderlust, a new festival that blends indie rock and yoga.

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