Sentence examples for as lean from inspiring English sources

Its Colonel is as lean as a compass-needle".

"He wasn't as lean as some of the 300-pounders there.

Tommy is in his fifties, and as lean as a mean joke.

Calories were scarce, physical labor was hard, and most people were as lean as greyhounds.

In that respect, for all its scale, it's as lean as a Clyde-built clipper.

I don't have as much speed as the other girls, because I'm not as lean.

The fact remains that, when you go into a Tesco superstore, the operation is as lean as a hare.

Tapster is about as lean as startups get.

They are built to be as lean as possible.

Under Hagan, the company has become as lean as its cover girls (and, increasingly, boys).

Be as lean as possible without becoming underweight.