How To Use Lanky In A Sentence

This is God-fucking wondrous awful, Thomas Blanky had time to think as the entire ton or ton and a half of ice-encrusted manrope and human being began being pulled upward as easily and surely as if a fisherman were hauling up his net after a casting. The Terror
Just as Peter Crouch the binman may find his lanky frame considerably less alluring to the opposite sex. Archive 2009-07-01
She looked up at him in fear, he was tall and lanky and she felt small and miserable sitting in his shadow.
The lanky striker headed his 12th goal of the season 10 minutes from the end. The Sun
Hitting metal crap with swords in-game should make a 'clanky' noise. Us Being Human

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But he was not to enjoy himself long, for the duck was telling all her neighbours about the ill-usage her little one had received; and the mischief-making little wagtail thought as he had seen the lanky bird eating what he called the kingfisher's fishes, he would go and tell, and then sit on the bank and see the quarrel there would be; for he considered that the heron had no more business to take the fish out of the pond than the toad had to catch flies. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn
Like her, this beer is some pasty, lanky overrated chick with no boobies.
He opens the door after a sharp rap and leans against the exam table, one lanky leg propped on the stepstool. Healer
He first appeared at Wimbledon in 1972, winning the junior title, a lanky Swedish youth with a straggle of blond brown hair.
his lanky long-boned body
He was tall and lanky, with wisps of blond hair sticking out from under his cap.
He was a tall, lanky fellow, with pale skin sprinkled with freckles, and dark brown hair.
In the not too distant future.When the pup had grown lanky and 26)frolicsome—the wolf would return to the mountainside.
He was tall and thin almost to the point of delicateness, but he didn't look like a beanpole, and I don't think I would have described him as lanky either.
Finally the English officer, a great lanky fellow with his trouser leg half torn off and a bloody bandage round his knee, succeeded in wrenching the banner away, but the Frog officer, who was about four feet tall, grabbed an end of it, and they came stumbling down in my direction, yelling at each other in their respective lingoes, with their crews joining in. Flashman's Lady
A black, grungy trench coat hung loosely over his lanky frame, and his face was hidden in the darkness under a fedora hat.
David Evans from Wales, the lanky but smooth attacker who has been quietly laboring to bring his game back to the world class form he briefly displayed four years ago, took a small step on that road last night.
He was tall and lanky, with angry dark eyes, and looked about sixteen or seventeen at the most.
Revel, my bearded guide, is so unashamedly laid back his tall, lanky frame spends most of the time in the horizontal.
Ruby knew it from the moment her excitement wore off, somewhere on the long, clanky elevated ride across Brooklyn. DIAMOND RUBY
Within hours of meeting the local kids I was shown her photo by a tall lanky boy.
A local businessman spotted the lanky, ginger-haired youngster's potential and took him under his wing.
a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
He was lanky, pale and serious, with dark, bushy sideburns and a handsome Che Guevara mustache.
He was a lanky old man in overalls and he came across the lawn with a vigorous lope, grizzle-headed, a growth of stubbly beard on his chin. THE SERPENT'S MARK
He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance.
He spent a year growing his hair long and transforming his muscular physique into a more lanky one. Times, Sunday Times
He's lanky, square-jawed, jug-eared, attractive in a nerdy way.
Third, the use upward growth's lanky plant will also increase the thin high ingredient.
I was tall and lanky. Times, Sunday Times
Uncle Mac was a practical joker, a tall lanky man who loved to have children around him.
More often than not she appears half-nude, her body lanky but soft, her breasts flaccid.
Will his lanky, damaged frame hold up if he tries? Times, Sunday Times
asked Anastasia's father, and he held up Sam's ragged yellow blanky. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
The cast in the original production were much more hippie - etiolated individuals with bad teeth and sometimes rather lanky hair. Times, Sunday Times
The lanky Miller boy shuffled out of the office, scowling at nothing in particular.
A lanky man, with grizzled brows and untrimmed beard, got up slowly from the stringpiece of the wharf and slouched forward to meet Janice Day. Janice Day at Poketown
Some of the lanky fishes have no fins at all, such as the muraena, nor gills articulated like those of other fish. The History of Animals
He was tall and lanky, with small round glasses and a close cap of thick curls.
But a lanky man is striding into the jeweller's. Times, Sunday Times
Known for his wizardly approach to seafood, Mr. Lazarou is one of the first chefs to use less expensive fish like the lanky monkfish and the long, ungainly garfish to make a wealth of gourmet dishes such as monkfish with mastiha liquor cream from the Aegean island of Hios and braised garfish with fava bean mousse. Not Your Typical Greek Salad
He was very tall and lanky and had flowing blonde hair and really piercing blue eyes.
It was fascinating, as lanky and serpentine as a snake, but with humanoid characteristics.
He proceeded to make his way over and give me a hug too, his long, lanky arms encircling me in a tight squeeze.
The tall, lanky boy brushed her off and leaned against one of the legendary, fabled songstones.
When he moved, he automatically turned and shifted his lanky, fold-out body to avoid bumping people he seemed not to see.
Our lanky cat, who is two years old and in all respects healthy otherwise, is very skinny.
A tall, lanky, freakish man with floppy blonde hair was trying to get passed me, so I moved out of his way and gave him a smile.
He had, by now, stood up, but his lanky limbs were still lax as his back steadied itself against the wall.
Nothing says humiliation like having a group of kids roll their eyes and point at you, disappointed that your lanky body will be gracing their team.
The short fat one grew up in Shettleston, the tall lanky one in Canada.
His lanky build and a thrusting nose made her think of a pickaxe.
He was tall and lanky, with small round glasses and a close cap of thick curls.
…. how would spindee spew her lies without her gum … the gum is her "blanky" … Blogger News Network
Despite the copious amounts they can pack away, roly-poly types are less common than lanky or athletic builds, sometimes with the equine features of their symbol.
She and Kyle were twins but he was tall and lanky and she was short and chubby.
I need my favorite blanky, one “Super Big Gulp” from 7-11, one-half box of Ka-Boom cereal, and Mark Brewer, my bestiest neighbor-friend from 2 houses down. ABC’s Funshine Saturday : Scrubbles.net
Unlike Guy, a lanky man and picture-perfect stylist, Lechler is shaped more like John Belushi and has a leg swing that relies on brute strength.
The captain did not respond to this, and after a minute Blanky fell back to stump along beside one of the outriding Marines. The Terror
Roberts was a lanky, full-bearded man with jet-black hair, a Quaker, and, like so many in his family, a man of exceptional mathematical skills.
One group of plants that stands out conspicuously are those lofty and lanky woody perennials, the trees and shrubs.
A lanky young man, long-legged, with big, bare feet, pipes to charm a group of boss-eyed goats. The Times Literary Supplement
He is a tall young man, -- "lanky," as she has herself expressed him, -- with thick brown hair, closely cropped. Molly Bawn
Shaven-domed and lanky, he possessed an unmatchable, boneless judder. Times, Sunday Times
He has the lanky, rangy build of a classic power pitcher.
Mr Posh was so miffed he flounced into training, lanky hair pushed back by an Alice band to show off his scar to the world, wearing the sort of sulk most three-year-olds would consider melodramatic.
He quickly noticed the bags filled with orchids, which had been plucked from his park by the lanky guy now standing near a flatbed truck.
The bathhouse was overshadowed by the enormous, lanky scattered trees.
But a lanky man is striding into the jeweller's. Times, Sunday Times
He was coming out of the back rooms wearing a very tight, black sleeveless t-shirt that showed off his muscular arms and tattoos and low-slung, lanky jeans.
I can see his tall, lanky body walking up to the car. The Sun
But the lanky striker is likely to find things hot up in the summer. The Sun
His tall, lanky body was clad in ripped jeans, a white T-shirt, and a leather jacket.
There seems to be a blind faith in the lad because he's lanky and he makes the ball bounce.
The men were lanky and fit, with faces leathered through outdoor toil. A Country of Vast Designs
Today, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico - collectively known as the Greater Antilles - are home to more than 100 Anolis species, ranging from lanky lizards that perch in bushes, to stocky, long-legged lizards that live on tree trunks, to foot-long 'giants' that roam the upper branches of trees. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
Only Sit-aken-te was there, and the lanky young woman waved languidly at Peri from where she was immersed up to her neck in cool water. Aerie
Even “Button,” with its easily digested J-indie melody is clanky and bizarre. Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Japanese Music: 2000-2009
Isaac stood up tall, stretching his lanky legs and walking forward as if to lead the group away.
When we were little, he was lanky and awkward - just starting to grow his adult teeth; I was short, bony and shy.
Scarce one of us domestic birds but imitates the lanky, pavonine strut, and shrill, genteel scream. The Book of Snobs
He was a lanky old man in overalls and he came across the lawn with a vigorous lope, grizzle-headed, a growth of stubbly beard on his chin. THE SERPENT'S MARK
I was tall and lanky. Times, Sunday Times
Diop can still recall a lanky and athletic a Moute at the camp in 2003.
He has a tall, lanky frame with a budding pot belly.
Soon after I arrive, a lanky twentysomething fruitarian named Jameson pulls up on a scooter. The Fruit Hunters
`Don't reckon there'll be a next time," the lanky RCMP officer said. HIGH STAND
The robber was described as a lanky white man in his 20s or 30s, about 6 feet tall. The Daily News Transcript Homepage RSS
Then the lanky, bearded boatswain would take the helm while the captain conned the ship from one bridge wing or the other, with the chief engineer at his elbow
He was a lanky old man in overalls and he came across the lawn with a vigorous lope, grizzle-headed, a growth of stubbly beard on his chin. THE SERPENT'S MARK
A blonde lanky man stopped her, clicking on his camera as she stared at him.
They come in one size: tall and lanky. Times, Sunday Times
Not that he knew he was back, he simply found himself in a room full of monsters, lanky, pasty giants clad in disgusting nether garments, who, rather than beat him compassionately into stability, kept their distance and moaned.
His lanky frame suggested weight would be the biggest enemy to progress. Times, Sunday Times
In the documentary, more glamour is added when the lanky model, Hilary Rhoda of Chevy Chase, Md., wears the precious stone in the new setting. Hope Diamond gets a Hollywood voice
The lanky striker headed his 12th goal of the season 10 minutes from the end. The Sun
The sativa is a lanky, slow-growing but potent weed hailing from tropical and subtropical climes. Boutique buds: What underground mom-and-pop growers did while we debated legalization
Allen wouldn't have had much time, even if he wanted to, to push regular guy John Boehner further under his wet blanky, even though he was a voting member of the body that created massive deficits under President Bush, and now refuses to take any responsibility for them. Josh Rosenblum: Speaker Boehner: Just a Regular Guy Who Only Backs Millionaires and Billionaires
Evan is tall and lanky, which is perfect for the quickstep. Television Without Pity
If it fits and is well cut, the tailcoat can turn any man - short or gangly, fat or lanky - into an Adonis.
They sounded great, but unless denim, leather, Afghan coats, long lanky hair, mutton chop sideburns, and droopy moustaches are your thing, they probably aren't the best looking band in the world.
They are an odd couple - Hardin thin, lanky and quiet, Russell well-built and extrovert.
Despite the copious amounts they can pack away, roly-poly types are less common than lanky or athletic builds, sometimes with the equine features of their symbol.
Showing a deep-sea fish of large gape, two feather-stars on the end of long stalks, a "sea-spider" (or Pycnogon) walking on lanky legs on the treacherous ooze, likewise a brittle-star, and some deep-sea corals.] The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
In fact I read it in his obituary but it didn't stick because for forty years the lanky man with the loping stride who walked all over town was simply known as Boy.
From a plant structure perspective, sativa grows long and lanky, with thin, wispy leaves.
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For of the lanky fishes, the conger has no such egg, nor the muraena, and the eel has no egg at all. The History of Animals
The choreographer's lanky frame and febrile energy seem to fill the small room. Times, Sunday Times
I feel tall and lanky with big shoulders. Times, Sunday Times
Some of them certainly deserve naturalistic explanations: the last "true" ghost story I heard, for example, clearly involved a clanky furnace rather than a restless spirit. Archive 2008-01-01
But the stems are arching and often make a very large and lanky shrub. Times, Sunday Times
‘The fans pay their money, they're entitled to do what they like and they're entitled to shout and bawl,’ says Davies, sitting with lanky striker Derek Townsley and chief executive Pat Nevin.
Unfortunately there's no pictures because the gig was filled with lanky tosspots, and from the back of the gig, even the 10x zoom struggled to get a decent image.
He stood about a foot taller than AJ, and was just now out of the ‘tall and lanky’ stage, his shoulders and chest were finally beginning to fill out the formerly scarecrow frame.
For one, a tall, lanky guy in dirty jeans with greasy blond hair was nearing me.
One of my coworkers is a tall, lanky guy who is amazingly lithe and flexible.
It is a very vigorous grower, however, and tends to be lanky rather than bushy, he notes.
But the stems are arching and often make a very large and lanky shrub. Times, Sunday Times
Vigorous self-seeders such as teasels and some annual poppies, and plants that tend to be too tall and lanky to stand the winter gales such as certain Achillea cultivars, are ideal contenders.
Old Contemptibles, come down to be mothered and hushaby-baby'd by a blanky recruit, with the first polish hardly off his new buttons. Action Front
A lanky, curly-haired young rebel with a kind of sloe-eyed charm, he’d grown up on a series of military bases where his father, a Marine lieutenant colonel, had served. Rogue Warrior
In the not too distant future. When the pup had grown lanky and frolicsome—the wolf would return to the mountainside.
Even today, the original lineage of crop corn survives in a lanky grass called teosinte, which has tiny stubs of seeds that only a botanist could love.
Just as Thomas approached the counter, a tall, lanky woman with flyaway hair popped up from underneath.
I can see his tall, lanky body walking up to the car. The Sun
One seemed to be in charge: a lanky, silver-haired man with thick eyebrows and a prominent nose. End of Time
“Jimmy” — was a tall, lanky man, irreclaimably truculent, incapable of recognising the dominance of those who bestowed his Christian name. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
As for jewellery, lose anything rattly or clanky? Times, Sunday Times
The man was extremely tall and lanky with dark, heavy bags under his eyes and long shaggy hair.
The choreographer's lanky frame and febrile energy seem to fill the small room. Times, Sunday Times
`It's really too bad about your blanky, Sam," Anastasia said in a soft, mournful voice. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
They come in one size: tall and lanky. Times, Sunday Times
We eat tamales and posole, and set fire to farolitos and luminarias, and sing "Vamos Todos a Belen," "Everbody Go to Bethlehem" which is a kind of clanky waltz from "La Pastorela," the classic shepherds' play. Archive 2006-12-01
She wore leather pants and shifted her weight constantly, throwing out knees and hips in lanky contrapposto as if freshly delighted by her surfeit of limb. Kissinger, Rushdie, Star Jones Splash Into Pool Room For Four Seasons' 50th
Haha… did I say something about the tall, lanky boy who chipped half his teeth roller blading that I seem to like too much?
He was really lanky and scrawny but other than that he looked perfectly normal, other than the snotty business around his nose area.
We were of similar weights but not of physique - I was considerably taller and lanky. Times, Sunday Times
His lanky frame suggested weight would be the biggest enemy to progress. Times, Sunday Times
A black, grungy trench coat hung loosely over his lanky frame, and his face was hidden in the darkness under a fedora hat.
I was your typical lanky teenager.
The man with the knife is described as white, in his early twenties, tall, lanky and was wearing a white or cream coat.
He is a sweet, tufty dark brown and as leggy as my lanky boy. Horse riding in Ashdown Forest
Jordan was lanky and freckled and his hair was as big as a kickball.
a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws
They worry that they're too bony, awkward, lanky or boyish.
Then the lanky, bearded boatswain would take the helm while the captain conned the ship from one bridge wing or the other, with the chief engineer at his elbow
For those of you with long memories, you may recall a lanky, genial Australian weatherman turned talk show host named Gordon Elliot. Slashfood
Named after the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, these lanky, long-tailed monkeys are found in the humid forests, swamps, and even urban areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar (Burma).
The knifeman is described as white, in his early 20s, tall, lanky and was wearing a white or cream coat.
Because of their lanky growth habit, Japanese plums do best kept to an open or pyramidal frame.
The lanky pilot sitting dazed in the cockpit is a gentleman named WWII ace captivated students
Tall, lanky and 29, with natty dress sense and friends in all the right places
But the lanky striker is likely to find things hot up in the summer. The Sun
Those rearmost seats are not really designed for lanky adults with healthy appetites, who would struggle to shoehorn themselves into the allotted space.
A contemporary portrait of him shows a tall, rather lanky individual, with a pale complexion and heavily shadowed eyes. COURTESANS
Dave was a twenty-something, lanky-haired, shapeless youth sporting glaring red acne occasionally glimpsed through his stonewashed, open-necked denim shirt.
The blanky was my very first ever attempt at patchwork...it's a bit rubbish in places which I have already told Annie to ignore, but I need to practise. Introducing Miss Bester
Balanky said last month that he also expected to develop 216 condominiums on 12 acres near the lake.
He was lanky, pale and serious, with dark, bushy sideburns and a handsome Che Guevara mustache.
A delay has resulted from a dropped jar of sweet gherkins, and an efficient seventy-one-year-old lanky shop boy with a mop striding purposefully—not hurriedly—toward the spill, worried that the tremulous woman who dropped the jar might tumble into the slipslop of glass and vinegar. Shock of Gray
In the middle of this smoky, beery evening, a tall, lanky figure walks onstage wearing a grotesque hare-lipped mask.
In a wet season the grass becomes so lush and lanky that it lies down before you think about cutting it. Times, Sunday Times
Chien was seven years her senior and looked more Filipino than Chinese with his tan complexion, mahogany brown eyes and lanky figure.
He was tail and lanky and had a long reddish brown beard and lectured in a voice that was basso and happy.
It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump.
As always, he looked like a swell, a darb, and Ruby noticed that he moved with lanky, effortless grace. DIAMOND RUBY
It was fascinating, as lanky and serpentine as a snake, but with humanoid characteristics.
Liza stepped back from the lanky man leaning over her, banging into the brick wall of the building.
Then the lanky, bearded boatswain would take the helm while the captain conned the ship from one bridge wing or the other, with the chief engineer at his elbow
It carried through the muted, dusty air of the loft and out the mow and over the clanky elevator to Mark, who shut down the elevator. The Dirty Life
Lilo is also an unconventional Disney heroine - instead of being lanky and pretty, she's chunky and cute.
He is lanky and a brilliant artist as well as being excellent at crosswords.
He had by this time changed quite a bit from the lanky, pale-faced boy he used to be.
Though tall, he was too well built to be called lanky, and showed that he possessed both strength and activity. The Three Admirals
Tall people should be slim, otherwise the word 'lanky' is used - and that's not nice. Undefined
In his senior year, he married Carolyn Wells, who had first noticed him when a friend pointed out the lanky upperclassman running around the track at Dormont. Ron Paul Proposes Interesting Salary For Himself As President
A lanky 33-year-old with thick blond sideburns, a pageboy haircut, and oval, horn-rimmed glasses, he has an easygoing style and an enthusiasm for challenging conversation.
I was just teasing when I said your blanky couldn't come to the new house. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
Gone are the days of lanky out-of-shape honkies that can barely shoot their gun straight.
This extra ageing in oak barrels does not benefit all cognacs, and some will take on an unattractively dry, planky taste.
This extra ageing in oak barrels does not benefit all cognacs, and some will take on an unattractively dry, planky taste.
It turned out I was wrong - it was just yet another lanky type dressed incongruously in white shirt, blazer and jeans, and sporting that trademark upper-class floppy hair.
There was a sense of alienation among minorities and workers of the unorganised sector," says Sen, a lanky man with a thoughtful demeanour who joined the party 45 years ago. The Anti-Communist of West Bengal
Will his lanky, damaged frame hold up if he tries? Times, Sunday Times
When hit by major recoil I move hardly at all, but Heavey, being tall and lanky, is flung about like a rag doll. Why Weight?
Some plants like antirrhinums, calceolarias, gazanias and other almost-hardy plants are best grown as cool as possible to encourage branching and prevent lanky growth.
He watched them, as everything seemed to accelerate in time, noting one was the lanky, gray-headed older guy, a Mr. Swagger Pap said, who had been their quarry so many times before and who Pap said killed Carmody and B.J. The other, a beefier guy, police beef in a suit with a thatch of hair, who was talking into a phone. A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set
I was your typical lanky teenager.
I feel tall and lanky with big shoulders. Times, Sunday Times
Jerrold, the other youth, in company with the lanky boy of my own size were still hovering about, though neither had spoken to me; and the two were just now having a chat together by the door of the after-deckhouse, which Mr Mackay had pointed out to me as set apart for the accommodation of us "middies," or apprentices, although I had not yet had an opportunity of inspecting its interior arrangements. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea
Weed removal had to be done by hand, to help the tall and lanky plant to grow well.
My son is tall and lanky and even a whomping by 10 ga turkey loads doesn't bother him. What is your favorite WSM?
Yeah, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was a good pick besides him being tall and kind of lanky, but even that wasn't Singer's first pick for the role. Bryan Singer Fancies Another Go At The X-Men And Superman | /Film
Clark was a lanky general other men found to be short-tempered, aloof, and a publicity hound. Wild Bill Donovan
They had got him already, but nothing more than a tall, lanky man who wore average clothes and had very short black hair, almost bald, if not for the fuzz that kept his head minimally covered.
A contemporary portrait of him shows a tall, rather lanky individual, with a pale complexion and heavily shadowed eyes. COURTESANS
Tall and lanky with balding hair he reminded me of the boring intellectual types.
He\'s been described as lanky and somewhat awkward, but TJ\'s sandy-hair and freckles make him a dreamy, how should I say ... dork. Lindsay Mannering: Top 10 Prettiest Presidents: A Slideshow And Poll
In a wet season the grass becomes so lush and lanky that it lies down before you think about cutting it. Times, Sunday Times