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Meanings of scrawny in anglès

Being very thin.

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Inferior in size or quality.

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Usage of scrawny in anglès
1
Mary took Billy's scrawny shoulders in her hand, saying, Come on, sweetie.
Flesh and blood
2
My arms seemed particularly scrawny hanging out from beneath the short sleeves.
Too close to home
3
Plenty of these scrawny infants may be seen in the lying-in hospitals.
Plain Facts for Old and Young
4
The picture will capture the moment forever, he shrugged his scrawny shoulders.
The power of one
5
The long scrawny throat worked convulsively, the hands gripped each other savagely.
Lo, Michael!
6
Is that too long a name for a scrawny thing like you?
Forge of Darkness
7
He did not look surprised, though his scrawny shoulders drooped even further.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
8
I wonder if it nests in one of the scrawny ridgeline junipers.
Desert places: a novel of terror
9
Kissing in the park where that scrawny policeman came and scolded us.
Russian Winter
10
Her cheeks sagged and her chin dropped almost to her scrawny chest.
Doctor Sleep
11
The boyfriend would work out nicely because he was kind of scrawny.
In the hat: a novel of suspense
12
Next to the armor, a scrawny, beak-nosed corporal stood at attention, saluting.
Last Light
13
In ounce-for-ounce comparison, mammals and reptiles are scrawny weaklings next to birds.
Wired
14
Tiny, childlike chins completed the head, running down to a scrawny neck.
Invaders from the Infinite
15
So I followed the rumour trail, one scrawny kobold to the next.
The Long War
16
I begin to look as Cousin Hetty does, with that scrawny neck.
The Brimming Cup
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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