loose-jointed

• “You do look a mite flustered," Harney criticised, dropping his loose-jointed frame all over the pillows of the lounging couch.”

  CHAPTER 10

• “A shambling, loose-jointed giant rolled out of one of the tents, yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes.”

  THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS

• “One day While Fang encountered a young wolf, gaunt and scrawny, loose-jointed with famine.”

  The Famine

• “Before the door could close on his heels, a loose-jointed Yankee shambled in, thrust a moccasined foot to the side and hooked a chair under him, and sat down.”

  CHAPTER 6

• “The speaker, a loose-jointed, hard-rock man from Colorado, manifested irritation and disgust when”

  THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK

• “One of the hunters, a tall, loose-jointed chap named Henderson, was going aft at the time from the steerage (the name the hunters facetiously gave their midships sleeping quarters) to the cabin.”

  Chapter 4

• “For the moment, Kurdish officials say they would be satisfied with membership in a loose-jointed federation with the Shiite and Sunni Arabs to their south.”

  After Iraq

• “Edward was so caught by surprise that he let out a boyish whoop that released a loose-jointed giddiness.”

  Simon & Schuster: ALONE With You

• “They were loose-jointed and carried the boards with the ease of Masai with their spears.”

  Simon & Schuster: Kook

• “He tried not to walk urgently, he tried to keep the fear off his face, he tried to emulate the loose-jointed walk of these Americans, he tried to blend in, to be invisible, a little man of no consequence.”

  Simon & Schuster: Dead Zero

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