It might with truth be described as a "slim volume," but its slimness is more than counteracted by its superficial size, which is foolscap. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
Unsurprisingly, from the moment you take it out of its box the slimness is the most eye-catching feature about the V2220. From Wordnik.com. [TrustedReviews Site-wide Feed] Reference
The Boer was between two fires, and he would need all his "slimness" to pull him out of trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
The length and the slimness which is part of the nature of this kind of poulp explain the exception. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
Now his hand at her waist registered her slimness. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
His hands familiarly tested the slimness of her build. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of Stone]
Her slenderness was rounded, her slimness soft and full. From Wordnik.com. [Winner Take All] Reference
He was thrilled by her slimness, her weirdness, her vitality. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
Their features differed from our own: slimness made them alien. From Wordnik.com. [VII] Reference
He was as slim as a sapling, the slimness of muscle and health. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
And again he was conscious first of her slimness, her smallness. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
He sat up and shyly fitted his palm about the slimness of her waist. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Her body had been fined down to asexual slimness, stretched and remade. From Wordnik.com. [Spirits White As Lightning]
So they don't want to promote unhealthy slimness, as they're calling it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2007] Reference
Factors that promoted slimness in our history (bluntly identified) included. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting Obesity With a Smoking Gun?] Reference
Well, the slimness was soon going to change, if his assumption proved correct!. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnant by the Millionaire]
But something about the slimness and grace of movement recalls Korene who is dust. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
And still the slimness of the native contrived to dodge the wiles of civilisation. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Oh, a certain rounded slimness — what my cook calls a nice little corn-fed chicken. From Wordnik.com. [Strong as Death] Reference
It had been impossible to gain anything more than an impression of height and slimness. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
But everyone that night seemed to admire our slimness and I couldn't understand 271 why. From Wordnik.com. [Mao's last dancer]
Meanwhile, the slimness of the 'Who is he?' folder said everything about what they knew. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]
She was still strikingly slender, but it was a fashionable, not an unfortunate, slimness. From Wordnik.com. [Texas! Chase]
Her legs slid down the bed so that he could feel their slimness against the length of his. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
“Especially, Emilie, with your standard of slimness,” added the Lieutenant – General. From Wordnik.com. [The Ball at Sceaux] Reference
He lived to baffle by his superior shrewdness, or slimness, all the arts of English diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
Six feet and one inch he stood, and the first impression of slimness faded on closer inspection. From Wordnik.com. [People of the Dark]
A wide sash of contrasting aqua enhanced both the slimness of her waist and the porcelain of her skin. From Wordnik.com. [Rekindled]
He had made a point of praising her slender figure, of leaving no doubt that he treasured her slimness. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenborn]
I forced from my mind the thought that its lovely slimness would look well inclosed in a loop and ring. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting Slave Of Gor]
But the Baroness came to the rescue of her husband, and resolutely declared herself in favor of slimness. From Wordnik.com. [Strong as Death] Reference
Even at forty-five she was a good-looking woman and her slimness gave her the look of someone much younger. From Wordnik.com. [Maura's Game]
She wore only a thin red silk nightgown, the shape of her slimness under the silk just begging for his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Watcher 3] Fire Watcher]
She shifted in his grasp, and her round breasts, large on her diminutive slimness, seemed even more prominent. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Magnificent]
She had smiled at Benny's jokes about her body, but deep inside felt she had paid a high price for her newfound slimness. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Lady]
Adelorna, who made slimness appear stately despite her lack of height, walked on without acknowledging Pevara in any way. From Wordnik.com. [Knife of Dreams]
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