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  • Like many tall men, Naldo did not take to other members of his sex who were short of stature; particularly one of his own family, for the males were normally very long-boned.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • They had sons about them who were tall, long-boned, fine-looking and with one distinct!

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • Anigrel was as fair as Lycaelon was dark, and many decades younger than his master, but both men bore the unmistakable stamp of Mage breeding: the narrow saturnine features, high forehead, and slender, long-boned build that set them apart from ordinary men.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • He wore his grimy red silk underarmor, and his long-boned feet were bare.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Valentine took the dagger in his big, long-boned hand and examined it.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • He wore his grimy red silk underarmor, and his long-boned feet were bare.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • He wore his grimy red silk underarmor, and his long-boned feet were bare.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Frank and his wife, June Leaf, at 78 a long-boned, large-eyed woman, needed to collect themselves.

    Robert Frank's Unsentimental Journey Charlie LeDuff 2008

  • Valentine took the dagger in his big, long-boned hand and examined it.

    The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007

  • I encountered, years ago, somebody who looked pretty Celtic to me, green eyes, red hair, fair skin, long-boned.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Conflicting Rationales for Affirmative Action in Higher Education: 2007

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