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Meanings of wiry in English
Synonyms
Examples for "stringy"
Examples for "stringy"
1
The stringy, yet short, dark-skinned Mawikizi returned the salute with a smile.
2
Teddy stirred his food, some kind of shepherd's pie, the meat stringy.
3
The proprietor was sixty years old, perhaps; gray, stooped, stringy of neck.
4
The patio was but a little square of dust and stringy grass.
5
The owner of the restaurant was a queer little, grey-faced, stringy fellow.
Usage of wiry in English
1
Photos of the new recruits often show wiry young men on horseback.
2
The wiry sniper rose and left the group without saying a word.
3
The wind thrashed the wiry tufts of sea grass on the island.
4
The one wiry arm of the moonstone-seller went down to the rescue.
5
The wiry manservant led her through another complicated series of interconnected passageways.
6
There was his hair; a coarse, wiry mop of a queer grayish-brown.
7
His posture wasn't rigid discipline, but a cover for wiry, contained energy.
8
The lithe, wiry figure of the young Provençal sprang out upon him.
9
The wiry private spun away from the door and came to attention.
10
Rufus lifted one wiry yellow forefinger, in a state of perpendicular protest.
11
Ned worked his wiry little foe to the fence and pummeled him.
12
It was drawn by four horses of the country, small but wiry.
13
His wiry, bony hands ignore a nailbrush and the luxury of lemon.
14
The wiry La Beouf, always a likable presence, occasionally rushes his dialogue.
15
The wiry strength in his small hands offset the pleasant, white-toothed smile.
16
Joshua pressed his toe into the wiry grass, feeling the solid earth.
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Wiry through the time
Wiry across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common