lissome

1 And of the three kids, this most afflicted my youngest, Virginia — my carefree, lissome river sprite.

2 Coming on the heels of a few years of public disintegration, he’d been humbled, or wished to appear that way: a handed-the-world boy forced to disavow the person fame had turned him into, singing lissome songs of apology.

3 Ms. McCormick, brandishing a skillful if overstated British accent, radiates lissome glamour as Lynn, her natural ease softening the character’s stereotypical facade.

4 Jaeggy’s books are slim and lissome, usually topping out around 100 pages, and have a monastic degree of focus.

5 rattan is such a lissome material that it can be used for all manner of furniture and baskets

6 As for Ms. Duff, she’s an improbably lissome Atlas, carrying O’Neill’s heaviest conceits and passages as if they were made of air.

7 “Her body is lissome, almost lanky, though always in exquisite control. She has remarkable arms and hands, effortless extensions and wonderful feet.”

8 The 5000 has one of the most lissome combinations of ride and handling of any car on the road; the 4000, however, is less smooth and less graceful.

9 There was too much lissome grace in the sinuous figure, and too much unearthly wisdom in the dark mysterious face.

10 Dedicated to Maria Tallchief, the originator of the 1949 title role who died in April, this “Firebird” showcased the tall and lissome Maria Kowroski, whose balletic line is nothing short of electrifying.

11 Reading about their exploits is like watching lissome cows graze in a field.

12 The exception is the lissome Ms. Eda, who, according to the program, is in her final season with the company.

13 Particularly well known for his stint in Miles Davis’s band during the 1960s, this tenor saxophonist uses a lissome, slippery tone to craft melodies of scattered beauty.

14 The lissome Ms. Renée is equally glossy but far more charming.

15 "Phyllida, I love you," and clasping her lissome body breathless to his, he defied the lightning of the Gods.

16 "A likely looking lot of lissome ladies, eh, Mr. Shakespeare?"

17 It’s there on “December 11th,” named for the day she died, and on “The Eternal Stillness,” on which a tired yawn of lissome, high-pitched saxophone harmony leads to a restive, sparring exchange.

18 The lissome little murder mystery retails for $15 and totals 100 pages.

19 In this one-man show by the veteran South African choreographer Robyn Orlin — political, poignant and mercifully funny — Khoza, stunningly loose and in command of the crowd, reveals a quick mind and lissome physicality.

20 Yet here it is on Fifth Avenue: the Virginian general, sword at his feet, skirt draped between his thighs, sandal straps snaking up his lissome calves.

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2 轻快的

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8 灵巧

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