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Meanings of wiry frame in English

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Usage of wiry frame in English
1
The wiry frame of Bogdan, Petru's lieutenant, replaced him in the doorway.
Vlad. The Last Confession
2
The speaker was a short, bald man with a wiry frame.
The Postman
3
His shirt was snug enough to reveal his well-muscled, wiry frame.
Flesh Eaters
4
This was not his wiry frame, these not his measured movements.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
5
Caesarion, at almost fifteen, had his father's wiry frame and keen, intelligent eyes.
Cleopatra's Moon
6
Over the lip of the grave, Pinfeathers's wiry frame appeared.
Nevermore
7
He was small of person, but every sinew in his wiry frame was of steel.
Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
8
His lithe, wiry frame never seemed to grow weary.
The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay o...
9
He grabbed the man at the waist, but his wiry frame twisted in Perry's grip.
Strong, sleek and sinful
10
It was a young workman of three- or four-and-twenty, tall, of wiry frame, square-shouldered, upright.
Thyrza
11
Jim O'Conner's short, wiry frame emerged from a cluster of deputies and firefighters to greet us.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
12
But the man was like a tiger, possessed of immense strength encased in a wiry frame.
Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
13
Black shirtwaist dress on her small, wiry frame, black cardigan sweater, black loafers, and dark stockings.
Seven up
14
He's tall, and seems taller for his knee-length, brass-buttoned greatcoat, his wiry frame, and his long fingers.
The crimson petal and the white
15
The slick black hair and small wiry frame, the way his head cocked slightly to the side.
Serena
16
He'd taken off his shirt as well, even prouder of his wiry frame than I was of mine.
Blackwater
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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