Sentence examples for they were slender from inspiring English sources

They were slender and pale, with dark, floppy hair.

They were invariably young: the largest cluster of victims were between fifteen and twenty years old, and they were slender, dark-skinned, dark-haired, and pretty.

They are slender plants that are seldom more than 30 cm (12 inches) tall.

They are slender glossy black birds with a charcoal grey collar and underparts, and a relatively large black bill.

They are slender crickets, 5 to 13 mm long, wingless or with small wings, and are covered with translucent scales that rub off easily.

They are slender fishes up to 37.5 cm (15 inches) long and have pointed snouts; the mouth, preceded by a whiskerlike barbel, is underneath.

"It's amazing how all women say they're slender when a lot of them are overweight," said one 79-year-old Manhattan man who lists himself as 69 on his Match.com profile.

They are slender in stature and I have great hopes for them as a backdrop to a small woodland garden, where they will fill a slot at the end of the year, and in a mild year last long enough to welcome in the new one.

They are slender and subulate (tapering to a point), lack a collarette, and measure 5 10 by 2 2.5 μm.

They are slender, lightly built birds with long forked tails, narrow wings, long bills and relatively short legs.

When the stigmas of C. sativus are fully developed they are slender at the base and wider at the apex where they fold to give a trumpet-like structure [ 73].