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But they do not have a free run, they are relentlessly sought by a constant patrol of lithe, thin-bodied parasitic wasps.

Country Diary: Cranleigh, Surrey 2011

Is the popularity of these thin-bodied, straight-haired dolls a sign that black is most beautiful when readable in traditional white terms?

The Barbie Chronicles Yona Zeldis McDonough 1999

Is the popularity of these thin-bodied, straight-haired dolls a sign that black is most beautiful when readable in traditional white terms?

The Barbie Chronicles Yona Zeldis McDonough 1999

But all this struggling had loosened the palisades, and there were one or two openings in them through which the thin-bodied Spaniards, pushed on by their comrades, were able to pass.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

And it was this difference in the matter of age, and, consequently, in the matter of size, that explained why, at first sight, he did not show how thin-bodied he was, but seemed, instead, to be rather a stout little boy.

The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates 1913

All working parts should habitually be _lightly_ oiled with a thin-bodied oil, such as "3-in-One."

Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition 1906

For the last three years we in America have had transmitted glimpses of a thin-bodied, lonesome, wifeless, childless, very old man, lying on a sofa, kept out of bed by indomitable will, but, of late, never well enough to take the open air.

Death of Thomas Carlyle. Specimen Days 1892

Darting about over the pond were hundreds of dragon-flies, thin-bodied blue or green fellows, with bright transparent wings, that seemed invisible at times, so rapid was their vibration; while every now and then, rustling upon the wing as they dashed about in chase of one another, came the larger dragon-flies, to make brighter the scene.

Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home George Manville Fenn 1870

First of all, there came early in the summer the thin-bodied ones, some of a steely-blue, some dark with clear wings, and with them those with the wings clouded with dark patches.

Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser George Manville Fenn 1870

Bees swept by with a humming, slumberous sound; and among the sedges at the sides, where the golden irises displayed their lovely blossoms, the thin-bodied dragon-flies, steel-blue or green, darted on transparent wing, pairs every now and then encountering fiercely with a faint rustling of wings, and battling for a few seconds, when one would dart away with the other in pursuit.

The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First George Manville Fenn 1870