Sentence examples for is so lean from inspiring English sources

The flavorful Canadian bacon is so lean the Surgeon General might recommend it.

It tastes good — "spicy and herby," he said — but you have to add extra fat, because the meat is so lean.

It's a little bit fattier than other chops, which is a benefit rather than a detriment, since modern pork is so lean.

"Choice" meat (what you usually get in a supermarket) is more than acceptable, but "good" meat is so lean that the whole point will be lost.

Because today's chop is so lean, it is considerably more temperamental than beef or chicken or fish, and a lot less forgiving.

(The phone becomes a well-used joke.) The movie is so lean there's no room for throwaways; everything in it is plundered and scavenged to amuse an audience.

Being so lean helps.

"They were so lean before.

His plays are so lean.

'I was so lean then,' he says, so he had to make his own clothes.

"But the meat was so lean that they got too salty and dry".