Sentence examples for thin figures from inspiring English sources

As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti.

When he was around twelve, he took the train to Zurich, where he fell in love with "the long thin figures" at a Giacometti exhibition.

The crowd was covered in Kerry buttons, and screamed, "We love you, John!" more often than "We love you, Bill!" As Mr. Kerry's anthem, "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen, blared, the two tall, thin figures whispered together, Mr. Clinton pointing out a person in the front row, Mr. Kerry gesturing to the fans hanging off the balconies of a 10-story apartment building.

The sport is physically demanding to be sure, but the industry has had a reputation of favoring impossibly tall and thin figures over the muscular, athletic types.

I scrutinized the women in the room, expecting to see hordes of the usual "Bachelor" types; tall, thin figures in cocktail dresses, well-tanned with long hair.

This method will take about one week and is only suitable for small, flat and thin figures.

A thin figure came out of the doorway, big smile and faded blue jeans.

"Hey, there's Michael Douglas," said Mr. Talley, pointing as a thin figure passed by.