How to use "lanky" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "lanky" in popular movie and book plots

  • Thrasher (Patton Oswalt), a tall and lanky robot, wishes to gain the affections of an attractive female robot named Maimy (Jessie Cantrell).  - Robotomy
  • party, lean and lanky Tommy (Steve Braun) introduces himself to sexually repressed Alan (Larry Sullivan).  - The Trip (2002 film)
  • The girls part ways; Martha's next stop is the vegetable patch in which a lanky farmhand diligently labors with a shovel.  - What the Daisy Said
  • High schooler Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying to fit in at his high school in Medora, Wisconsin.  - Aliens in America
  • His attire is a crisp, black tiller hat and sharp dark grey suit, which complements his tall, lean, lanky figure remarkably well.  - Wise Blood (film)

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