How to Use lithe in a Sentence

lithe

adjective
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  • Musa, a lithe 6-9 small forward, is a streaky shooter who isn’t gun shy.
    — Michael Singer, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The lithe and lively blend is full of cherry, violets, and red plum.
    — Ellen Bhang, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The lithe 6-6 swingman has the length and athleticism NBA teams covet in this pace-and-space era.
    — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • While Smart was meeting with the media following the loss, Bamba’s lithe frame snaked through the horde of reporters and cameras.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Vikander’s take is more a lithe girl next door, whose physicality comes from training in mixed martial arts and biking around London as a courier.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
  • There is no single star in this group, though violinist Mark Steinberg has a lithe charisma that is nicely understated.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • But, as the Washington Post reports, their cult followings can be unwelcoming to people of color and those who aren’t young and lithe.
    — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Porter is a silky smooth player, a potential Kevin Durant-type wing with guard skills, a lithe, lanky frame with skinny legs and a jumper with a beautiful, quick release.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The show's biggest asset is the lead performance by the lithe, electrifying Prades, who was part of the original Broadway ensemble.
    — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2018
  • The lithe lefty is a stand-up guy, credit him for that.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Wolves can be coarsely built, big-boned and thick-necked, but OR-93 was lean and lithe.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
  • But Wednesday night showed the potential for the lithe 6-foot-11 big man as a change of pace.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Ramona wraps a lithe leg high up on the pole, one arm flaring out like a swan’s wing.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Phillips, who is tall and lithe, has flashed a great finishing kick.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Strong and full of life, lithe in her struggle and vivid in her suffering.
    — Ruth Ozeki, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • With each click, the elegant frame of her face tilts, her lithe limbs flick, and her eyes steady on the target.
    — Raquel Willis, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Standing in the middle of the crowd, clutching a beer, the then fifty-nine-year-old star was lithe, moving to the music.
    — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Sort of thoughtful, quiet, shy not one of these bitter and lithe.
    — Abigail Brone, courant.com, 5 July 2019
  • His Morgon is a lithe and savory take on the Gamay grape and a perfect match for roast chicken.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Model scouts worked the Rust Belt searching for a lithe swan amid the cornfed ducklings.
    — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
  • The body Like anyone else who remains so lean, lithe and toned in their fifties, Aniston works hard to achieve that body.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Kobayashi, who is 65, is small, lithe and sure-footed, with a watchful demeanor.
    — Tom Vanderbilt Josh Robenstone, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • My hair laughs at those lithe, spaghetti-thin hair elastics.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2022
  • But here comes a lithe, 64-year-old brunette sporting a black backless unitard.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Kloey Reyes, 12, is lithe on a Horner Park baseball field on an early Tuesday evening.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Senet boards were long and lithe, consisting of 30 squares laid out in three parallel rows of ten.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Even better than the straight-line juice is the Air's lithe and organic moves when wending a winding road.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The concept felt heavy, but minus 1,100 pounds, the production car should be lithe and wickedly fast.
    — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 6 June 2018
  • Brown is a stunning dancer — tall, lithe and muscular — with a decent singing voice.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There’s Dominic Pecikonis, who has the hair and smile and lithe body and speed-rap skills of Daveed Diggs — a real charmer.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 16 Aug. 2019

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