Sentence examples for it was lean from inspiring English sources
Lance Armstrong Mouse had been raised under exactly the same conditions, yet, despite its poor diet and lack of exercise, it was lean and taut, its eyes and coat shiny as it snuffled around its cage.
I was called by the tribunal in the early days, when it was lean, keen and felt right on its side.
Smoked meats were excluded because of their high salt content; red meat qualified as long as it was lean.
"When he left, the company had all the hallmarks of how Sandy ran a business: it was lean; it didn't have a bloated balance sheet," says Mr. Kraushaar.
Their old sound wasn't a youthful folly to be outgrown; it was lean, classically proportioned and durable, and it suits the ruminations of the 48-year-old Michael Stipe just as well as it did when he was in his 20s.
Wagstaff's musical style doesn't have any such Romantic leanings; it is lean, spare and lyrical.
It is lean and its sharpness is penetrating.
"It's lean and its staff can put deals together very quickly and creatively," Ms. Merrifield said.
