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Soured bats for Dravid On seeing the above title do not think that Soured Gangly has given up his decision to quit from all the versions of the game of cricket and is back in the scene.
Extraordinary people - Dean du Plessis - The blind cricket commentator Norfolk Blogger 2009
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“Uh, I guess I'd have to pick Gangly Danglies,” I say.
A Night Ride With the Girl Scout Legbreakers Con Chapman 2010
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Gangly groups of hormone filled Austrian teenagers are still blocking the doorways and roaming the narrow halls, but I have come to feel at home with my motley crew of classmates.
Katie Beck: Pardon My French: Our Heroine Struggles With the Language Katie Beck 2011
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Gangly Ann isn't likely to win, so some other girls may be able to take the spotlight from her, if only briefly.
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Gangly and with braces (twice!), anxious about being accepted, shy around boys and resentful that I always seemed to be in ballet class -- decidedly not cool back then -- while my friends were having fun.
Val Brown: Baby Boomer Brands: A Sniff Down Memory Lane 2010
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Gangly and bug-eyed, Hearst was almost painfully shy and stiff in public.
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Gangly twenty-year-olds standing idly, scratching their elbows and hands.
Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010
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Gangly, clumsy, and seventy-five pounds, Romer reminded me of an awkward teenage boy.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009
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Gangly, clumsy, and seventy-five pounds, Romer reminded me of an awkward teenage boy.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009
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Gangly and sad-eyed, Nader strides purposefully through an airport terminal, clutching to his chest an accordion file stuffed with papers on logging rights and corporate welfare.
The New Odd Couple 2008
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