Sentence examples for the lean from inspiring English sources

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the lean

verb

To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.

  • A leaning column

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O passerby, beware the lean,.

The lean neck.

"I remember the lean years," he said.

The lean times and the flush.

Technology animates the lean start-up process.

Thatcher said of the lean times.

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Mr Fok describes the period as "the lean-cow years".

We were the leanest of production companies.

The leaner, meaner shadow cabinet.

The leaner dry season started in mid-May.

Slight sweetness might even round out the leaner wines.

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