Gymnasts must be quite lithe to do all of their routines. From LearnThat.org.
What a pretty word lithe is - so pretty that in modern English it is probably most used of young women. From Wordnik.com. [Litha (June): the early English calendar] Reference
I did manage to pronounce "lithe" without incident. From Wordnik.com. [FUGville Weblogs] Reference
Suddenly out of the blackness behind him a lithe figure shot like a wildcat. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
I could see the sadness in her eyes, and the lithe movements of her acrobatic body. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Clown - August 9, 2002] Reference
Both girls were pretty, tall, lithe, suburban, and shared a taste in music and boys. From Wordnik.com. [Perdition] Reference
The Air is a lithe sheath of aluminum so slim that it can slide under my office door. From Wordnik.com. [The Skinny on the MacBook Air] Reference
Out in front, a lithe Jagger preens and parades, mesmerizing and amusing in equal measure. From Wordnik.com. [The Rolling Stones Restored] Reference
How lithe and supple he seems, too, as he runs up the steps and disappears into the house. From Wordnik.com. [Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information] Reference
He may have lost the lithe grace so obvious in photographs of him at work as a younger man. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Of The Moment] Reference
He takes them up, filigree strands around his lithe fingers, and knits them into thin cords. From Wordnik.com. [Carapace] Reference
One poster features a lithe female figure declaring we want the vote ... to save the children. From Wordnik.com. [The Art Of Suffrage] Reference
Ronaldo held up his lithe arm, with his hand made a gracefully mocking sign of the cross. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 3] Reference
English blood, the world over, keep their muscles sturdy and lithe, quick to guard their heads. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages] Reference
The lithe 28-year-old dancer is rehearsing an experimental piece for Taiwan's upcoming Women's Festival. From Wordnik.com. [Against All Odds] Reference
Swift as a shadow, a lithe figure darted out from among the trees and planted itself directly in his path. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
She was breathing with dilated eyes, her lips drawn and quivering, every muscle of her lithe body trembling. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Then he selected four youths, lithe of figure, and trained them to sit on the backs of the eagles and soar aloft. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
There was something in the lithe, swift movement that recalled a panther gathering itself together for its spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
He thought he could hear the low growls and whines of the treacherous jaguars and see their lithe bodies slinking along. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
There's Jessie, her lithe-sweet thirteen-year-old body in wet May rain, her damp ponytail, her hot sweet breath on my face. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from House in the Attic] Reference
That night, as Quinton smokes in his low cane chair, Eleanor brings the guitar, running her lithe fingers over the strings. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
This forgotten car is incredibly rewarding to drive, with its smooth-revving rotary engine, slick shifter and lithe handling. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Picks: Sporty and muscle cars, part 1] Reference
On an average day at the job, I handle lithe, lovely women, engage in duels and delight in the experience of an exotic locale. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Judge Me By My Tights] Reference
A group of lithe girls hung to the side of the stage, their hair in creative do's, and various shades of blue and black plaid. From Wordnik.com. [t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
Marie was a healthy, well-built, lithe lassie, with raven-black hair and eyes which snapped equally with pleasure or with wrath. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
She was a recent graduate of a posh Manhattan day school, the bright-eyed, lithe and leggy daughter of a SoHo real-estate broker. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Preppie Killer' Moves On] Reference
The Singapore Girl, that lithe young flight attendant in the ads, has always embodied the winning formula for air travel to Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Asia's Unfriendly Skies] Reference
Meanwhile you know no one chose her because they don't have the first idea how to make clothes that aren't for tall, lithe models. From Wordnik.com. [Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 6, "You Can Totally Wear That Again"] Reference
He moonlights as a yoga instructor whose students, every one of 'em, are lithe young women eager for some after-school instruction. From Wordnik.com. [A Kinda Lethal Weapon] Reference
Freddy, once so lithe and graceful and pretty, had been transformed into an ungainly being, all length, without breadth or thickness. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
His tall athletic figure was still conspicuous for the lithe strength that had made him an All-Western tackle less than two years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
This five-door's Euro looks; decent zip; soft, tactile controls; stylish gadgetry, and lithe handling point to something much more pricey. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: VW Rabbit] Reference
Yeah, you might be intimidated by magazine photos of lithe, shapely yoginis and muscular, limber yogis bent in seemingly impossible poses. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Goldberg: It's Yoga Month: Give Yourself a Break and Stretch Your Mind] Reference
I suppose they wanted to remind buyers of the term lithe, but I thought "stone" when I saw it. From Wordnik.com. [Sightings: Ice, Missed Connections, and UFO-Seeking Freak Bikes] Reference
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