spindly leg
Frequency: 3.00.8 per million words
Describing long, thin legs that look weak.
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- The old chair had spindly legs that looked like they might break.
- Despite her spindly legs, the deer moved with surprising speed.
- He noticed the insect's spindly legs meticulously cleaning its antennae.
- The antique table stood precariously on its spindly legs.
- She remembered her childhood self, all elbows and spindly legs.
- The newborn foal tried to stand on its long, spindly legs for the first time.
- Its long, spindly legs made the creature look delicate and fragile.
- The artist exaggerated the figure's spindly legs in the drawing.
- The delicate bird perched on one spindly leg, observing its surroundings.
- Be careful with that plant; its stem has spindly legs that are easily damaged.