Sentence examples for as scrawny from inspiring English sources

The older one was taller but as scrawny as a starved stray cur.

A spin-off from the music hall stage, his character, as scrawny as seaweed, appeared in 15 films in the 30s and 40s, having adventures in the army, in circuses, in jungles, in parliament; in an unmade project, she was to go to Mars.

To see the witches as scrawny vultures.

Hincapie and Armstrong first met as scrawny teenagers headed for the national team.

Other masculinity-driven taunting of boys who became shooters included mocking their physical bodies with labels such as scrawny, little, short, fat, skinny, chubby, or small.

But here, measured against hulking "minivans," the rare M.P.V.'s have been seen as scrawny and suspiciously "euro" — the way soccer players are dismissed by rabid N.F.L. fans.

He has described himself, not inaccurately, as "a scrawny English boy," and that statement — as well as the fact that he listens intently, is honest and direct and speaks quickly but softly in a Yorkshire accent — makes you think he is vulnerable and possibly even naïve.

Padding around the bar in his stockinged feet as he accepts hugs from friends, comedian Joseph Morpurgo looks as small and scrawny as a bird that has fallen from its nest.

Here you may find your mind swerving all over the place: archaic sculpture to 1950s biomorphism to Edward Gorey (as with a scrawny three-legged, three-pronged form called "Three Fingers" and its witchlike digits).

He first saw Lin as a scrawny eighth-grader.

I could tell he was looking at me as this scrawny English kid.