On style, I loved the "gangly" lawyer from Springfield reference and his reference to MLK as "a king.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Speech Accomplishes More Than It Appears] Reference
At the peak of their growth spurt, boys in particular can be "gangly" and perhaps less co-ordinated than normal. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Judo] Reference
He clearly thinks he's kind of gangly and ugly, but he's obviously not repulsive, because attractive women keep offering themselves up. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
He was gangly and often slouched to avoid attention. From Wordnik.com. [Peace and Love from the Middle of Nowhere] Reference
Prince Dolph was also present, looking somewhat gangly. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
His gangly legs were crossed at the ankles beneath his chair. From Wordnik.com. [Ugly Americans]
"At the dentist," said one of her teammates, a gangly Cuban girl. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
He was gangly, a full head taller than Besen, and panted heavily. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
Oldham's thin and gangly, with a bit of the kink in his long hair. From Wordnik.com. [Ex-Rolling Stones Manager Emerges In South America] Reference
The tall, gangly youth was about to speak up, but Ayla spoke first. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
He's a gangly academic with an easy smile and a soft, melodic voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of a Virus Hunter] Reference
On comes Zigic with three minutes to cause mild-mannered gangly havoc. From Wordnik.com. [Birmingham v Liverpool - as it happened] Reference
Her eyes fell to his Adam's apple, and he felt overtall and gangly again. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
To add to the matter, he was unnervingly tall, maybe six-five, and gangly. From Wordnik.com. [Ugly Americans]
Pataki eviscerates Cuomo in ads, yet radiates a gangly geniality in person. From Wordnik.com. [Now, The Volvo Republicans] Reference
SANCHEZ: Tenor Holmes, a tall gangly 18-year-old, can't finish his thought. From Wordnik.com. [The ABCs Of Saving A Failing School] Reference
It would defuse frustration, he thought, and add warmth to his gangly frame. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference
I saw what looked like a very tall, gangly man jogging away from the bushes. From Wordnik.com. [White girl/boy angst] Reference
So what are the hot locks for gangly transsexual wife stranglers this summer?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2006] Reference
He was tall and gangly, with gleaming eyes, and when he moved, he scuttled forward. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
And doubtless she would be dancing with the gangly youth before the evening was out. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
Was he jealous of Hubbard and Farraday and Lincoln and the gangly youth — Browning?. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
Tall, scrawny, and gangly seemed to be the trademark look among the Hunters Moon Clan. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
I climbed up beside her, my gangly legs swinging easily over the side of her raised bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Game] Reference
One of Stein's 20,000 former students was a gangly 13-year-old they once called Olive Oyl. From Wordnik.com. [This Year's Model] Reference
Finding in the tall, gangly alien nothing of interest, it pivoted in midair and sped away. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
Malcolm had begun to wonder if the pressure was getting to be too much for the gangly kid. From Wordnik.com. [Ugly Americans]
Wild eyes, hair sticking straight up in a demented halo, gangly body draped in a bedsheet. From Wordnik.com. [Ugly Americans]
Most significant of all, he was unobtrusive, a gangly kid among kids, never even suspected. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference
With his gangly legs and his crew-cut and his wide campus gaze he seemed incapable of harm. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
His gangly limbs could stretch anywhere — the kid on a growth spurt, cramped wherever he sat. From Wordnik.com. [The Wedding Is Off] Reference
There was another, the color of desert sand, who seemed gangly and uncoordinated beside the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse]
That was -- you know, he described himself as this gangly guy from Springfield, just like Lincoln. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2007] Reference
With his huge, happy grin and his long, gangly build, he reminded me very much of a younger Jacob. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse]
But the life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2007] Reference
STEPHANIE SMITH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Manute Bol entered the NBA as a gangly seven-foot-seven spectacle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2006] Reference
A gangly stickbug of a kid, with White Pride tattoos curled around his biceps like asps, he's one of Sticks's posse. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
The other hand made aeronautic movements nosedives and fast climbs-as he talked to a gangly boy of around seventeen. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
He saw his son, gangly with youth, sitting at the counter with the two boys Jim knew were the same as brothers to him. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
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