| 单词 | skinny |
| 例句 | He was patting a tall skinny guy on his back and laughing. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Circles so dark around his eyes, he looks like a skinny raccoon with a dirty beard. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be launching this baby in about one minute. You might wanna perch that skinny butt of yours down in a seat and strap in.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Victoria Forester laughed at the skinny shop-boy, laughed long and loud and delightfully, and her tinkling laughter followed him back over the hill, and away. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And despite my skinny muscles, I had discovered my own superpower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z And I told him some kids on my street called me “Zippy” because I was skinny and hyper, and other names too, and I didn’t like it. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Justin loomed over me, standing at almost five foot six in fifth grade, and his skinny frame made him appear even taller. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I take a little while before my turn, take a breath, and dive in: Some are skinny like chicken lips. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When one of the maids, a skinny little thing, brought their supper Fenoglio hid the written sheets he had kept beneath the covers of his bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Tucker laughed and puffed out his skinny chest in mock bravado. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The woman rolled back the blanket they’d put over me and said, “Poppa, look at his legs, this boy’s as skinny as a rail.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The wreath we carried weighed on us, pulled on our skinny arms, strained our shoulders. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I rested the hand that wasn't all wrapped on one of Jazz's skinny brown shoulders. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z His legs were pale and skinny, and his manhood flopped about ob-scenely as he chased after his horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A week or so after Joe got home from the military, a tall, skinny neighborhood kid named Ivy walked up to him with a knife and asked if he wanted to start something. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A skinny spotted dog ran out in front of the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The job had sounded impossible when he arrived fresh off his first year of college, looking to make some summer money, still a skinny teenager with sandy blond hair and a narrow, freckled face. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Mamá used to be skinny before she got married, then she got really fat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was shorter than most of his classmates, and he was too skinny, according to the grown-ups he knew. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Frightful, who was drawn up as skinny as a stick, relaxed and fluffed her feathers, and then I said to her, “See, he got his treats. No tricks.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw the yellow Cadillac at the end of the block trying to make a left-hand turn, but our alley is too skinny and the car crashed into a lamppost. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She was thinner; Florence Biyoya would never be a skinny woman, mind you, but I did feel the suggestion of a collarbone under my chin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Before he could respond, a skinny man with a ponytail approached my dad. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I think of the skinny tree in the jail schoolyard and how much it must have struggled to grow without anyone taking care of it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He was tall and skinny, with straw-colored hair, oversized jeans, a baggy T-shirt, and a drooping toga. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And Arya ... he missed her even more than Robb, skinny little thing that she was, all scraped knees and tangled hair and tom clothes, so fierce and willful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And bassists are tall and skinny, like me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Will looked at the two of them, the skinny pale-eyed girl with her black rat dæmon now sitting in her arms, and felt profoundly alone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She got so skinny and weak that her family had to carry her outside on sunny days for fresh air. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mama says she is a skinny thing, blond and pale like salamanders that have never seen the sun. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so skinny his ribs were showing. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Why can’t they just call them something easy, like “knee bone” and “skinny leg bone”? But I memorized them. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Don’t see how you can play in the line anyway. You’re too skinny.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One mule was worth more than that skinny cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Even though my siblings called me “Big Head” because I had a big head and a skinny body, to the outer world I was probably on the “most likely to succeed” list. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Each one looked different: skinny, fat, all yellow, yellow and brown, big, small. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Everything is on top of everything so the whole store has skinny aisles to walk through. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But he could come close to dunking the ball during warmups and had the great spring that one comes to associate with tall, skinny boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A skinny kid with braces, a member of the debate club as well as drama, he has a passion, bordering on obsession, for recycling. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She is skinny and pale and often has a cough. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His favorite game was to climb out to the thinnest branch on a tree, dangle by one skinny arm, and drop to the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The name he shouted was that of the TV character most synonymous with the archetypical skinny, ineffectual, small-town policeman. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, man, I want to holler at the skinny one,” Red said. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Naima watched his skinny legs turn the pedals as he puffed up the hill. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Perched on the steps, an old-fashioned radio played conjunto music, and on the shaded porch, sitting in a rocking chair, a skinny old man gazed at the horizon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was skinny and pointy and wild-eyed, and she had this crazy, long black tongue kind of pouring out of the side of her mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “I have guts, just not when it counts. Will you—um,” and she sat up straight and then moved toward me, and I raised my arm as she collapsed into my skinny chest and cried. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He told them a long story about running away one morning when he was afraid to go to school because he was short and skinny and somebody was waiting there to beat him up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Olga only had one boyfriend who I knew of—Pedro, a skinny, little guy who looked like an aardvark, but that was years ago. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mop’s name was actually Benjamin, but we’d nicknamed him Mop because he was skinny and had really shaggy hair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Peruvians showed up outside the door of the converted storefront of the new office with their tall skinny drums and guitars and handmade placards that read: “Koreans Unfair.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Fidelito was skinny and frail in spite of his tough spirit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m tall, he’s short; I’m skinny, he used to be muscular, though most of it turned to fat after high school; I can count to five without using my fingers...Charlie has fingers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Charlie Bucket? He must be that skinny little shrimp standing beside the old fellow who looks like a skeleton. Right close to us. Just there! See him?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I may be skinny and named after a bird, but I don’t eat like one. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Now tell on me, and I will personally kick your skinny black butt, Maleeka Madison,” Char says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The police handcuffed the skinny men with swollen faces; they pushed and kicked them up the crumbling clay sides of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The creature they belonged to was tall and skinny, like a horse that had been pulled until its limbs stretched into spider legs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z After several misses, I gently push myself higher, until I can grab a skinny limb and pull myself up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And yet, like it was a magical spell she had cast on him, Peach nodded his skinny, pointy head and said yes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Seagulls wailed, a skinny shorebird ran up and down the sand, busily pecking. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But despite the explicit and exaggerated drawings, I can’t muster any interest whatever in Mr. Big Studio Director boning the skinny would-be starlet with the horse face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They looked at one the ’nother and the skinniest one said, “Butcher shop.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Your Great-Aunt Muriel doesn’t agree, I just met her upstairs while she was giving Fleur the tiara. She said, ‘Oh dear, is this the Muggle-born?’ and then, ‘Bad posture and skinny ankles.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was tall and skinny as a rake. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Everyone in the squadron knew that Kid Sampson’s skinny legs had washed up on the wet sand to he there and rot like a purple twisted wishbone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had three more braces to attach, and nobody else was skinny enough to fit in the crawl space. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You’re the only miracle man left alive in Florin,” the skinny guy said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Henry limped down into the clubroom, dragging his crippled left leg, the perpetual grin spread across his skinny face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I waved him over, plucked a can from the soupy ice, and handed it to the skinny girl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a dull lightbulb buzzing over my head, hanging on a skinny wire from the ceiling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I do not add what I have been thinking for weeks: You'll never live through the winter if you stay so skinny and tired. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Oh, the shame of it —a whole family of skinny children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was a little wrinkled now and he was much skinnier than when I had last seen him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was one of those little skinny Mexicans you see out on a soccer field during recess, running all around after the ball, never getting tired. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “So, Aaron,” I said, a little too loudly, trying to divert my brain’s attention from the feeling of Sahil’s muscled thigh against my own skinny one. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The skinny soldiers—with no boots, no uniforms, no half of a yellow sun on their sleeves—kicked and slapped and mocked Ugwu during physical training. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Devan was a skinny lad of some twelve years, brown of hair and eye. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then we continued on through the skinny pines, more open fields, a little less than half a mile before we crossed the old wooden planks. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Tayo finished the meat on the mutton ribs and threw the bones to a skinny yellow dog that came out from behind the hogan. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he spoke again, looking at the barber in the skinny mirror in front of them which Ben recognized as Marine Corps issue. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the skinny neck, the pointy tusks, well, they were Fang’s, man, they were his. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He had skinny, sunburned legs and knobby knees. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A skinny kid shakes all over to demonstrate. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I took a message for him on my first day of work. Tall, with a long skinny neck. Big teeth. Funny-looking.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't believe how skinny his arm felt against me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z People in skinny red kayaks row past, and I wave to them. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z They showed camels, steep cliffs, the skinny Jordan River, donkeys, and Bedouins in tents. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped one leg around a skinny scrub pine in front of me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The skinny elbow hung straight down, as if he were leaning on an invisible table while he thought the whole thing through. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The recovery left him short, skinny, and sickly—afflicted with severe asthma—throughout his grade- school years and beyond. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some of them were skinny, with angular hips and jutting collarbones. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I looked real close and there was a long, long, skinny black hair growing out of Byron’s chin. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s skinny with a wide smile and black, velvet eyes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “But look how skinny she is. There’s no baby in that belly, see?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were fewer horses and camels to be seen, and a dearth of palanquins, but the streets teemed with children, beggars, and skinny dogs the odor of sand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like when the skinny nerd girl walks downstairs in her red dress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Before I have a chance to reply, Elizabeth, still in her bright red, white, and blue outfit, walks up with an older boy who is a taller, skinnier version of her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And he clamps his skinny self to that tube all the harder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z A skinny rabbit, tall and gray, stood upright like a person, using his paws as hands to hold a carrot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sloth, skinny and pale, bones and knots of knees and dirty blond hair, the next candidate for duct-and-scuttle work when Nailer got too big, her pale skin almost permanently sunburned and peeling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z People who knew him say I look like him, skinny and gangly, all arms and legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Slithering the skinny dress over the doll’s head and arms and snapping the tiny fasteners was more than her chubby six-year-old fingers could manage. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a risk in their minds, just a skinny light crew kid recovering from sickness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Not too many people defied Emile Janza, anyway, whether they were fat or skinny, mild or not. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Moore is skinny with big hands and reddened eyes. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z A little faint trail, skinny as anything, hardly even there, leading away from the first turn of the road and toward the falls. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Meir Katz, a colossus, wore a child’s pants, and Stern, a skinny little fellow, was floundering in a huge jacket. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pale and looked tired and skinnier than he had the last time they’d seen him. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She wore skinny jeans and a long white gauzy shirt cinched around her tiny waist with a wide leather belt. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Dewdrops cling to the ends of bare skinny branches. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In his blue overalls that hung limp over his skinny little body he was like a blue-and-yellow rag doll. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She made her entrance the day after my parents’ car crashed through a guard rail on the skinny road that climbed the ravine over Quake Lake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z His head wobbled on his skinny neck, and his eyes rolled up until only the whites were showing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was this one really skinny kid and all the fat ones. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I guess the skinny legs and tail make the vet think Chihuahua.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Akira hated them—he worried he was so skinny he might fall into the hole by accident. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mosquitoes completely filled the air above us, hovering there, skinny, black, and silent. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She circles Barrius as his skinny limbs begin to seize, pausing between each lash, no doubt pondering how she can make the next one more painful than the last. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When I got to my locker, I saw this skinny kid who had the locker next to me all year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He was underfed, so skinny his bones protruded under his skin, and he looked so lost, standing there, clutching his own elbows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, Herbie had the presence of mind to drag his sleeping bag outside and shake it hard; he shuddered as four skinny little water snakes blinked puzzledly up into his flashlight beam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was trembling and his skinny body was shaking like he was standing in a strong wind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I lit her skinny girly cigarette, put my lighter back in my pocket, and didn’t say anything. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He touches every part of her with his skinny bone-looking old hands, from the bow all the way along the keel to the stern. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He was raggedy, he was country, he was skinny and he was smiling at everybody a mile a minute. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was skinny, and his jeans and shorts often landed right around his hipbones. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Everyone in Park's family was skinny enough to be in a Special K commercial. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He looks even skinnier than usual, almost a scarecrow. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Starved and skinny, but her hair’s the same color, and her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They all look the same: skinny and sweaty and tan, the last an abomination, because all February tans in Chicago are fake, and boys who fake tan—I don't care whether they're gay—are ridiculous. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “You were such a skinny baby,” Mom used to tell me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” said his mother, “look for the crumbs. Eat them to make your mama happy. You are such the skinny mouse. You are a disappointment to your mama. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He regarded the Plate balanced upon his skinny Knees; & all life left him as he beheld that Mound of Flesh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A small, skinny girl with brown hair tied back in a ponytail came out of the side room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, on the other hand, was small and skinny, with brilliant green eyes and jet-black hair that was always untidy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Shiny, bright blue shorts are not a good look for me, especially since I had to get a size small on account of me being so skinny. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The jeans are arranged by type—straight, skinny, boot cut, wide leg, the ridiculously named “boyfriend.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His bathing suit had fallen down over his skinny hipbones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was shorter than them, and real skinny, like the prairie winds were eroding him away. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Gabe, moving his own skinny body in imitation of the wrestlers, found himself wondering how it felt to be Miller: to be so strong, so in command of his muscles and limbs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Slips his skinny self out from behind the chair. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She’s small, white, not much taller than I am, and just as skinny. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Stout people show no greater resistance than skinny ones. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He sat on the porch swing, thinking about himself as a child—a skinny, clumsy boy running through the hills and climbing trees. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z "I forgot, you're too skinny to push such a heavy barrel." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The blades were a bit skinny now, but they would fatten. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need a miracle; it’s very important,” the skinny guy said from outside. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She was all skinny and muscular because she jogged all the time. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But this time it wasn’t Mong, it was the skinny black bus driver. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was a skinny, vivid little boy, with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair that hung down, black and coarse. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Dad thought it was great that I was writing a weekly column about, as he put it, the skinny dames and the fat cats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A tall, skinny man with a thin mustache sits in Papi’s chair, directing the operation. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “He’ll need it, the skinny little shrimp!” a girl said, laughing. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The ordeal lasted until morning when skinny women in sequined bodices served us scrambled eggs and bacon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Chacho pointed at the skinny kid, who looked only about eight years old. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His mom says okay as we are already following him up a skinny, twisty staircase. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And even then, very rarely did you meet a local crazy enough to go through what you had to go through to harvest a skinny little fish from one of those narrow streams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When we met, I was a skinny twelve-year-old, and although he was only two years older, he already looked like a man. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “He looks as skinny as a rail,” Regina said upon beholding her famous son, and she almost burst into tears. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Is married too long to that pale, skinny woman. Lose all his blackness.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their point guard was quick but he was skinny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Case in point: today’s skinny jeans and a navy plaid shirt, under a fitted gray sweater, rolled up at the elbows. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The kind of skinny, wicked long harpoon used for giant tuna, like my dad used to catch before he switched to TV and beer. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But as his skinny, bent fingers could not release the projectile in time, he wound up drilling it against his own foot instead of at the bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his skinny frame and baby face, his eyes were lifeless and hooded, without a hint of spark or optimism. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I was a tomboy, tall and skinny and very fast, and I loved to be outdoors. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “You could live in a gopher hole. You’d be starving, so that would be perfect, because then you’d be so skinny you could fit right down there all snuggly in their little tunnels.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Landau holds up a skinny roll of paper. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He got up and ran to the closing door, and then Train Ear, who blocked the doors with his skinny body, pulled him off the train. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She had those dark pockets under her eyes again, like she hadn’t slept either, and her hair was pulled into a skinny ponytail that didn’t look clean. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Kojo was kind of skinny and always wore the style of thick-rimmed glasses that couldn’t get broken when you played sports. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The grocer, tall, skinny Mr. Waylan, with his Adam’s apple sticking out above his collar, his fish- belly blue-white skin and oversized fingernails, was the white man I saw most often. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying on the sofa wearing this flimsy nightgown, Mrs. Delaney looked like a skinny little kid. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was as skinny as a boy or a supermodel, or a boy supermodel, and Tiara felt a pang of envy that Petra would never have to endure daily weigh-ins or go on juice fasts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A small and skinny wizard, completely bald but with a mustache to rival Uncle Vernon’s, wearing robes of pure gold to match the stadium, strode out onto the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There they were, fat and skinny, pale and freckled, clumsily putting on socks or pulling up unbecoming underwear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Each monster was about the size of a cow, with a bowed back like a broken-down horse, matted gray fur, skinny legs, and black cloven hooves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he looks back, I thump thcjjuitarrdn With all the heart Of five skinny fingers. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks to the beach on her skinny brown legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how a skinny little Asian kid could beat up two big black dudes like that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A skinny hallway ran alongside the lounge room joining it to three bedrooms, the toilet, and the bathroom. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I poked him in his skinny, sunken chest. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Cat had been cleaned up, her wounds washed and bandaged, but she was skinny as a beanpole, and her hands shook when she picked up the silverware. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s only been a few days, but I was a little skinny to begin with, not as bad as Amil, but still too bony. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It looked like a Bible, but it was too skinny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Packs of little kids, raggedy and skinny, raced past him along the gutter's edge, kicking empty beer cans ahead of them. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “The skinny one who stole us. He took everything.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a nasty hissing noise as Filch swelled with fury; Mrs. Norris had arrived, unseen, and was twisting herself sinuously around Filch’s skinny ankles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And later on, as she watched her skinny little husband skulking around the bedroom in his purple-striped pyjamas with a pork-pie hat on his head, she thought how stupid he looked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The kid was as skinny as a stick. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Good thing you’re skinny, buddy. Otherwise we couldn’t shut the door!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was skinny as a rail, with a tattered shirt and trousers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Not my fault he’s so skinny,” the Turk says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Momma used to always say I was the skinny one. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She would stay herself, a quick, skinny girl with brown eyes and a braid down her back, a girl she had just begun to feel could get things in this world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A tall, skinny blond boy with an upturned nose was standing there, talking into the magical megaphone that had once been Lee Jordan’s; Harry recognized Zacharias Smith, a Hufflepuff player whom he heartily disliked. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z After a while, Mr. Morrison stretched his long skinny arms and stood up. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then the ax handle come ’live; it shakes and cracks into long skinny splinters, Pap screams, and his hands come flying off the handle like it had turnt itself into a lightning bolt.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z We were both tall and young and skinny. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Want to join us?” said a skinny little kid who was making up pills. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We thought he had tuberculosis because he was skinny as a rail and often coughed blood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She’d never realized how skinny he was—but that was Jack, he burned off energy just by being alive. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The magistrate was skinny under his coat, balding but bearded, and the skin on his face was yellowy and pockmarked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “This isn’t art class,” she said, wagging her long, skinny finger at me as if I didn’t know that. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A man stood surveying these works, his thin arms akimbo and his fists, one of which grasped an authoritative-looking stick, propped on his skinny hips. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z See him swim, skinny arm coming up and then slapping down and then the other one coming up and slapping down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “And so skinny and pale. He doesn’t even have to wear a KKK sheet. He can just go to a rally like that, and he’ll fit right in.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z She was just a little taller than me and skinnier than anything I’d ever seen alive. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Is that your wolf, boy?" a skinny youth called, unlimbering a stone flail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was quiet almost to the point of being mute and as skinny as a doe. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z At the start of class, James bent over his backpack and pulled out a handful of long, skinny strips of paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Caleb Cartwright raises both hands in a gesture that further clinches his mime thing: black turtleneck, black skinny jeans, black eyeliner, black bowler hat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She put her arms around the skinny little form to hold him safe. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, I’m skinny,” he said as they hurried back through the stables, “but I stay drier in the rain.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Baby cats, big cats, skinny cats, sick cats. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z His face and belly were so round, and his arms so skinny, that he looked like a dough ball with four sticks stuck into it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The thing was so heavy and awkward in her skinny arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Begging your pardon, sir, but the truth is that General Hancock is in command, and if you’ll—” Another major, skinny, grinning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Train Ear shrank when his skinny chest caved in. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z An Yi’s grandmother was short and skinny, and she tottered on her bound feet. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Heather delicately pushes a pile of dirty clothes off my chair and perches her skinny butt on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Can’t sink a shot from the line to save his skinny neck. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Good luck hitting a skinny little schooner cutting through the waves bound for fortune and glory.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The frisk of our second cell, which belonged to a skinny, middle-aged man, was also uneventful. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Under my feet was wood floor with a long, skinny rug covering a lots of it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I envision a skinny, buck-toothed version of Kareem, running around with his mom, shrieking with laughter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I recognized the skinny man behind the ticket window. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall, taller than Windy, and skinny like Windy. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very skinny, and the jeans were too baggy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Everyone else had spotty coverings of skinny, peapod-colored seedlings that they watered two, three, four times a day, depending on the weather. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched the enormous belly move lightly across the room toward the peanut bag, and take over when the skinny white boy dropped his arms and shuffled away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because you’re skinny. It’s called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let’s go get some cigarettes and start this year off right.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A skinny metallic rod burst out of the Grievers moist skin, unfolding into a long appendage with three spinning blades, which moved directly toward Thomas’s face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She was small boned to begin with but seemed to be starving herself, and she wanted everybody to know it with her skinny jeans and tight T-shirts. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There were three women for every man, many with children—pale skinny things clutching at their skirts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At first I can’t believe it’s them, but when I get a better look, I recognize Lorena’s crazy hair and skinny legs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She dragged the best dress onto Lyra’s skinny frame, tugged it straight, fished a bit of red ribbon out of the tangle in a drawer, and brushed Lyra’s hair with a coarse brush. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She had lost weight, and her skinny calves invited his pity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not a slim girl, so she thought the skinniest thoughts she could, and squeezed her way into the gap. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You’re so skinny, I don’t know how you’re not turning blue,” I said as I settled against the cab, sandwich in hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She looked cold, skinny, out of place, lost. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was that skinny, and pale as a ghost. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I want to see what kind of parents you kids have,” the skinny one added, lighting a cigarette and blowing the smoke into the back seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Even when it was working, it was just a skinny strip of light, and it was dead by maybe four minutes in, anyway. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z "I barely saw Mrs. Westing. Violet was a few years younger than I, doll-like and delicate. She was not allowed to play with other children. Especially the skinny, long-legged, black daughter of the servants." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out a skinny three-sided wooden box, about five feet tall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the bed there was a little table with a lamp that had a picture of a skinny little black horse right in the lampshade. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She had very dark skin and huge eyes and dozens of long, skinny braids that seemed to dance around her face. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z He was a little knotty-headed boy with lips that stuck out like he was pouting, and skinny black legs that twisted oddly away from his body. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty feet up with nothing to climb on except skinny branches and a rope ladder that looked to be holding on for dear life. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He’s so skinny that I have an inch around my finger when I put it around his wrist. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while, I sit all alone under the skinny neem tree. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “You never know what might happen in that hour. What if Toby actually shows up and I suddenly get interested in that skinny dork?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A skinny moon lay tipped on its back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She would never find the skinny man with the big red nose or the woman who read. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I've labeled her "Big Harm" behind her back—short for the harmonium she plays—and her husband is "Little Harm," because he's shorter, skinnier, and slightly less evil than his wife. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By the time the skinny white man got to me he had already made more than twenty boys John and he was tired of writing that name. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The picture showed a skinny girl of around fifteen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She ran her hand through his hair, lifting it out of his eyes, and he could see how skinny her arm was, almost like it was just bone and skin. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He is wearing his typical band uniform of a T-shirt, skinny pegged pants, and Converse, with Gramps’s plaid scarf draped over his shoulders. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I heard Miss Hilly say something about that, bout her mama getting skinny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z To him, I was just a skinny kid. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Old men were trudging up the skinny street with baskets of kindling tied to their backs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I look like a skinny pathetic coward too afraid to jump off his dad’s shoulder into the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There Jerome hung, skinny, sunken-chested, as white as a saltine, his face scrunched up and one hand clutching his nuts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He's wearing skinny jeans, which look very much like denim sausage casings. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z A sketch where the skinnier performer took off his dilapidated boot and counted his toes over and over again, constantly losing his place, generated the loudest reaction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He stood six foot three or four and was skinny as a pole. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z We veer off the bridge, through the tolls, and into areas of steep streets and skinny houses smushed up so close against each other that no light can squeeze through the cracks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Probably some fat old lady. Then the chisel slipped, so he made a skinny angel instead.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked someone who was tall, skinny, and smart, like her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And he had a white beard—a skinny black Santa Claus. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z They were long and skinny and in six wiggling lines. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was a small, skinny boy, his chin pointed, and his eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was very tall and as skinny as a beanpole— so alarmingly thin, in fact, that it looked as if his bones were about to break through his skin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He was skinny and pimply but had good teeth and the kind of long, narrow body Immie liked. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Her lips were full enough, but she was even skinnier than a new pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z One skinny hand clawed slowly at the stairs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Out came a skinny fox, about the size Pax had been at eight months, blinking in the sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was Michaela, the skinny maid with the merry disposition and homely sallow face, and she was waking him up because he had a visitor waiting just outside the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One was a stocky, red-haired young man with icy blue eyes and a nose so skinny and sharp it resembled a knife. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But I should not have said anything about the skinny girl they shoved into the ring. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I like her even more when she runs alongside another tall and skinny girl who always looks like she’s got the wood on her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Madame DuPont cuts copy paper in half lengthwise and proceeds to paper over the skinny glass window in the door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z While Austin debates whether the skinny jeans are skinny enough, I find myself wondering what Kelsea is doing at this moment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I pull on a favorite blue V-neck sweater over a pair of skinny jeans. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Remembering Amy’s advice, I walked right over and gave him a big hug, wrapping my skinny arms around his compact frame and taking care to avoid the prickly whiskers in his thick beard. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I remember you used to be a skinny long-legged kid. Well, I think you’ll make a nice-looking woman some day—not pretty, but something.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was mostly skinny, which made his enormous beer belly even more alarming. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He was skinny, like me, but he was pale and his brown hair flopped down over his forehead. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The skinny girl asked, “You don’t have any Diet?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a skinny Spanish guy it might be fun to rob. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There it was, filed away with maybe three dozen other skinny, hardboard-covered picture books. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I think I am not as skinny as I used to be, though it is hard to tell in these clothes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z This is the look: boxy and flared at the top, with a long skinny stem of thighs and legs coming out the bottom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I unpack my dark skinny jeans, the slightly wrinkled black silk camisole I borrowed from Violet. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In the end, you could not say that Margo Roth Spiegelman was fat, or that she was skinny, any more than you can say that the Eiffel Tower is or is not lonely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They had some height but their big men were skinny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he twisted the skinny screwdriver a few more times. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Was that the skinny white boy with the shaggy hair?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It zigzagged diagonally up the slope, getting wider and skinnier as I went. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Just like Stella on The Voice, I could transform from a skinny, shy girl in a plaid shirt and jeans into a glamorous star in a sequined gown. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A skinny boy of fourteen looked back at him, his bright green eyes puzzled under his untidy black hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Does this mean that fat obstetricians deliver babies that have one set of personality characteristics, and skinny ones deliver babies that have quite different characteristics? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it totally ridiculous to think of this skinny, earnest kid wearing the orange and white of Texas next year? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Tabitha was so skinny then that her bones poked up through her skin. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped quickly, his skinny arms and legs whipping him forward with almost boneless ease. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Genie, she took me back to the bar and we had more ginger beer, but this time in those skinny champagne glasses. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Dill lifted his skinny arms, his T-shirt exposing his lean stomach. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Here’s something about Miss Leefolt: she not just frowning all the time, she skinny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As for Hester, she sat taciturn in the bow, her long ears flat against her skinny back and her eyes narrowed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked over at an older guy, long and skinny, sitting there smiling away at the kids. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There's the tiny cake I bought too, with one skinny candle sticking out of it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Others found deep in the pockets of unsuspecting skinny boys wearing unforgiving skinny jeans. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He was a year older than I, skinny, brown as a chocolate bar, his hair orange, his hazel eyes full of mischief and laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Lester was skinny but strong, wore a white apron, and talked with saliva on his lips. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two girls were swinging backward and forward, and a skinny boy was watching them from behind a clump of bushes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She pulled something she called spring onions and a skinny lettuce plant. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Aren’t you Miracle Max that worked all those years for the King?” this skinny guy said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her breasts were small and pointed, hef hips narrow and girlish, her legs as skinny as a bird’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I blew gently on the fragile flames and saw one skinny twig start to burn, then another. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Billy Preston played a few numbers, and behind him was my dad, a long-haired skinny white hippie playing his horn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He was probably about eighteen, but so skinny and sickly pale, he could’ve passed for younger. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They were also a lot richer, taller, skinnier, and better-looking than average. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, he call me skinny? I have talk to him about that!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw a skinny old man with deep lines in his face, wearing a black suit and white shirt. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z All summer he had heard from his aunts and cousins and grandmother how he was too skinny. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He’s skinny, in sweatpants and a white T-shirt covered, from the neck down, with an unidentifiable dark stain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “And she’s just as skinny as the kids, only that her skinniness is by choice and theirs is not by choice.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Loren was small and skinny with short blond hair. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, lad. They don’t want you. You’re too skinny and snotty for their taste.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Rashid hadn’t had the beard then, but he had always been tall and skinny and quiet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Her jeans were flopping all over, so I could tell she was as skinny as I was. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Daddy isn’t skinny or short, but compared to King, who’s pure muscle at six feet, he looks tiny. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was thin, but not skinny, for he lived quite well on the mice and rabbits in the field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They were both tall and skinny, with mops of brown hair that hung in their eyes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z We were led one by one to stand in front of a skinny white man with yellow hair who was sitting at a desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall thing with skinny legs and a bright white halo shining behind its head. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z That girl was a lighter, skinnier, prettier version of me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At the store a skinny man with a big red nose welcomed her with a smile. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He’s so skinny and dirty that he’s putting himself at risk for typhoid, which is rampant in the community. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z America is the country where a skinny kid with a funny name can defeat the odds and become president. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I weighed myself on the big scale in the Hankow Dispensary and found that I was as skinny as ever. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was long and skinny as a heron, with black eyes in a face that looked sad, kindly, hungry, and cold. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She was about sixteen, tall and skinny, with lank dark hair that she scraped back into an unflattering ponytail. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Tall and skinny, a little on the homely side, but smarter than any woman I’d ever known. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He is skinny but he is strong from many years of hard work. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Behind her stands a skinny indigenous man in jeans and a white button-down shirt, his hair in a long braid. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I say those without judgment, the same way I might say small, bony, or skinny. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Afterward, our policeman returns, this time with a tall, skinny lady who is the head of the school he talked to us about. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I stand in the middle of Target, pushing the cart while Oak and Vivi pick out bedsheets and lunch boxes, skinny jeans and sandals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was glad I could stop pretending I was asleep, I was sick and tired of hearing about how skinny I am and what a mixed-up family I come from. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Down the dirt path, they could see a skinny boy followed by several young girls who seemed to be comforting him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “You’re—” And I stopped myself from saying not skinny, but that’s the whole point of you; the point of you is that you don’t look like a boy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z One night two Indwellers danced, men so old that their hair had whitened, and their limbs were skinny, and the downward folds at the outer eye-corners half hid their dark eyes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’re trying to stay cool by running under sprinklers. Just like when you were a cute little boy instead of a skinny thug.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They were at the center of a group of admirers that included Tina, Paige, and a couple of skinny football guys. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes seemed too big for his face, like a child’s, and his cheeks were chubby, though the rest of him was skinny as a pole. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone called Mr. Rizzo’s room the dungeon because it had only two skinny windows, which didn’t let in any sunlight. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I turn to see a regular girl, not tall, not short, not fat or skinny. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Mirabelle has grown so much over the past few months. I wouldn’t recognize her. So skinny before, and now look at her, she’s chubby and glowing. Oh, Lexie, look at those little cheeks.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Miig put his hands on his skinny hips and sighed, shaking his head down as he exhaled. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He was skinny and wore glasses, which were now covered with clip-on shades. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Everyone assumes Twig is a funny nickname because she’s long and skinny and her ash-blond hair sticks out everywhere, but it’s actually short for Twiggy. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As you can see she is very skinny. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When I started sixth grade, the other kids made fun of Brian and me because we were so skinny. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was skinny and sloppy in his rumpled black clothes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The only redeeming facet of Support Group was this kid named Isaac, a long-faced, skinny guy with straight blond hair swept over one eye. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Which was lucky, because the brutally skinny chicken carcass turned out to be her new roommate. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Not skinny thin like she used to be when she was a girl, the way the twins are now, but definitely thinner. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z They hadn’t really thought that they had any chance of finding one skinny kid in all that weather, on all that mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One skinny black hand whipped out and cracked against Red's jaw. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The water in my glass has to be swimming with microbes, judging by the children’s skinny limbs and swollen bellies, signs of amoebic infections. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami had joked many times that the reason I was so skinny was that I had a solitaria, a tapeworm, in my belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I want to run away with the circus but take a deep breath and stand, crossing my arms, which have grown skinnier in the past few moments, against my newly sunken chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I got some cereal and bread and bacon and sat at the skinny table with them. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a skinny, bony old horse, probably diseased, but to everyone in the camp, it represented food. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z A skinny red chicken flapped out from under it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She caresses his two arms, pausing over the weaker left one, and his skinny legs, touching his scuffed knees, lingering over his gimpy leg. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He was a tall, skinny young captain with bad breath. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was long and skinny, like a wall spider, but he was definitely a friend. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Your nose is bleeding,” he said slowly, and pointed at it with the blade of his skinny little knife. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I came back for you, you were bending over a skinny puppy with huge dark eyes. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Almost all the men were skinny and carried canes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She was small for her age, with skinny arms and legs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His face blurred as it shifted between that of a dimpled, skinny man and that of a jeweled tarantula. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You skinny little weakling! Your mama had lots of boyfriends. You ain’t none of mine!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother Chris was handsome and shy, a sweet, skinny kid with the greatest smile in the world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was all by herself, a skinny girl with a sour look on her face and pokey elbows to match. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the seventh graders headed for the bus—the huge bossy bosomy girls and the mean, skinny, narrow-eyed boys. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He was so skinny you could count his ribs right through his fur. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They slept on three skinny beds in a row, like in a dormitory. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Whole and skinny and with his white kitten hair standing up on his head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Their faces are mirrors of each other, but their bodies are opposites—one tall and skinny and the other short and chunky—as if Princess ruled their mother’s womb and Primadonna was an underfed peasant. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z An older man with dark skin, he wears a traditional long robe, skinny legs poking from it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I had forgotten the skinny brown girl with the curled hair, wool jumper, and lively hands. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There is a story too that he shrank and shrank in size until at last Aurora with a feeling for the natural fitness of things turned him into the skinny and noisy grasshopper. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Those two wore skinny jeans and vintage T-shirts that were just—well, right. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z He’s slumped in the chair, his long hair brushing his shoulders, his shirt hanging on his skinny body. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Those who have seen it describe a tall, silver-haired creature, something like a skinny bear. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One was the skinny white boy, the other was well-built with light skin and reddish hair. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z One day Uncle Edward called me to him and he felt my skinny arms and legs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She was diagnosed with polio when she was six, which made her right leg skinnier than her left. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Matt felt a strange tightening in his chest when he saw the skull staring back at him from Fidelito s skinny body. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He shrugged his shoulders, saying, “Don’t rightly know. She was a skinny little thing; could have been three months and she was already big with child for aught I know.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She is awfully skinny, Violet; fifty, but still good looking when she broke up the funeral. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So far we’d managed to grab less than a dozen rabbits and only a skinny deer. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I was secretly glad for my skinny chest and undershirts. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He didn’t point out who was who, or I missed it, so I stood there confused until the tall, skinny woman with glasses gave a small harrumph and waved at her partner. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Before anyone replies, he’s off the highway, climbing the scrubby shale like a skinny goat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “No, I didn’t just go in and tell him to give me two Cokes. I asked for a Coke for me and a Coke for the skinny thug sitting on the library steps.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Everything in this forest is drenched in a cold sweat: the stiff pine needles, the skinny twigs, the leafy ferns. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He was skinny as a coyote, with not even two pesos to rub together, but he was filled with a burning desire to survive. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A young fellow, skinny with wide eyes and a scared look on his face looking up at the store sign. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And dress pants so skinny and fitted, we can actually tell how their legs are bowed: slightly curved around the knees, as if they’re Olympic runners. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The door was opened by a serving girl, a skinny thing in a fur-lined robe much too big for her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nan wore makeup, her skinniest, blackest jeans, and her biggest hoop earrings. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My grandma might look skinny and frail, but I know her grip is strong. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Naked from the waist up, his vertebrae extruded from his skinny back as he hunched over the desk, working. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Inside, the mother fussed at them—their sloppy clothes; their long, loose hair; their looking tired, too skinny, too made up, and so on. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the narrow rays of light that shot through the gaps in the sides of the shed, I could see the rings of dirt around his skinny neck. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Tee-hee-hee. How about that skinny countess in Rome and her skinny daughter-in-law?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I was a man then, not a sixteen-year-old too skinny and awkward for real strength. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In one week my skinny arms and legs began to plump out and the frizz in my hair turned to silken waves. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy was three years older than me, tall and skinny with a sandy crew cut and blue eyes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z You had to have skinny feet like Styx and me, or some kinda quick balance. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He looked even smaller and skinnier than he really was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley’s, and Dudley was about four times bigger than he was. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The door of the cabin burst open then, and the shortest, skinniest black woman Polly had ever seen pushed her way through the door. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I look at my naked body in the mirror, all I can see is how skinny I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was tall and skinny and looked like a giant string bean. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I looked down at my skinny legs, my bony feet. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But a couple houses up there’s a streetlight, and for just a second there he was, out of the dark and back in: a kid, skinny. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Her skinny arms were trembling from the dead weight of her son. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A skinny little white woman stick most of herself through the door. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His skinny legs were tucked up against him, and his arms were crossed protectively over his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z As we watched, a skinny old guy with a deputy’s badge pinned to his long johns stepped forth and was real sick over the rail into the water. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In secondary school she had been the bubbly tomboy, very tall and skinny and straightforward, not armed with the mysteriousness of girls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Kraft was a skinny, harmless kid from Pennsylvania who wanted only to be liked, and was destined to be disappointed in even so humble and degrading an ambition. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They had skinny, naked hands that moved by clicks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She thrust her trash can into the skinny man’s hands. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Mid-Atlantic team, led by a skinny kid from Maryland named Elliott Schilpp, who could do some serious damage to a plate of food, scored the Eating It Up medal for reading while eating. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But still wanting to make friends with the weird skinny kid in the seat behind her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Finally, I felt Jay’s skinny arms around me, and Mama embraced us both. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Lying on that bright, dirty bed, he looked so skinny and white and squinty and scared, I could practically hear his silent screams about having nothing to live for. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Once, in the cafeteria line, standing directly next to a guard, I watched a skinny black kid stab some other "blood" with a dinner fork. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He enjoyed the scene of fear and apprehension before the skinny dame yanked her shade down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, a skinny stairwell wended up into the gloom and the scent of dust and mold, heavier there than anywhere else in the house, had seeped out from the darkness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Ranyinudo brought her cousins to meet him, girls who were close to his age, skinny jeans clinging to their slender hips, their budding breasts outlined in tight T-shirts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Peach was running in my direction, waving his skinny arms in the air, his head bobbing on his thin-as-a-noodle neck as he ran. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z No one put on their best sweater or their skinny jeans to go to the Hammer. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I put the skinny blonde in flat white sandals, a braided coronet, and a red maxi covered with white paisleys. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m not a skinny white man,” Darren says slowly, reasonably. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Then perhaps he would tell them what she, small, skinny Lupita, had done too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for those trapped birds, whose skinny legs were plucked to reveal spurs sharpened into lethal spikes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Eleven hundred kids took in the sight of a genuine middle school hippie—this tall, skinny, longhaired boy in tie-dye, toes poking out of those homemade sandals. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I see your skinny little butt around here too much as it is.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I take a step back, startled by someone who looks like a skinny, brown Santa. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It must be because I’m too young or skinny or something. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “And then, about a month ago, she suddenly went back to normal. Her face flattened out again. Back to being skinny and straight as a rail. I wondered.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The skinny little red rascal evidently liked his ladies plump. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a skinny little man with tiny ears that stuck out so far it looked like his helmet was resting on them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Come get yourself a snack, child, you are too skinny by half,” Cook said, setting out a plate and a glass of milk. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But if we wait too long, the hurricane winds will come back, and the skinny tree trunks and boulders won’t be enough shelter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You think ’cause you skinny, folks think you young? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hate you one and all. And Bennie, he’s not even that tall and skinny.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I’m so skinny now, they nearly fall off of me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Sandwiched between the Andes and the Pacific, Peru’s coastland is a skinny gray-brown ribbon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was a real skinny kid then, young, and it would be two or three years before I muscled out. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just don’t want to be Helen Burns. You can sit down on the bed, you know. It’s not going to break. At least, not because of a skinny thug like you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ira was gentlest with him, and tirelessly patient, nursing him in her skinny arms and giving him most of what came to her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ginny’s great-aunt. At the wedding. The one who said you had skinny ankles.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They squat down to listen to the main one that talks, and their legs and arms are so skinny you can tell just what shape a bone is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was playing a guitar and he had on skinny pointy-toed cowboy boots and he was tap' ping them while he was playing the music. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he was fifteen or so, tall and skinny. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They shoved me inside and strapped me down directly across from the skinny guy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I hadn’t noticed him at all before then, other than that he was this skinny cutish dude with thick glasses and longish hair who carried a violin everywhere. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “It has to be fluffy, not skinny,” Oliver added, his arms splayed wide. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were both long and skinny like noodles. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was flipping through the copy of Lagos Life, her silk robe tied tight around her skinny waist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He knows we’re seeing him as a clumsy, too tall, skinny guy surrounded by graceful, beautiful girls in pink tights. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A woman ran out of one of the trailers and tried to grab the black dog while the skinny dog snapped and growled and then suddenly just took off running. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A boy at least a head taller than me, though just as skinny as Muthu, was walking up the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I can’t believe it even matters to me, but I’m not going to be skinny anytime soon, and I shouldn’t care. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’m a little too skinny—I can see the bones of my rib cage if I suck in my breath. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z On the first day of practice, I stepped onto the court and felt short, skinny, and slow. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She is small, brown-gray, skinny, and not as shy as she looks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She looked like a perfect bull terrier, only skinnier because of the Maltese mixed in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A tall, skinny, coltish girl, all legs and elbows, her brown hair was woven in a thick braid and bound about with strips of leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Morrie sat in his wheelchair, his skinny legs under a blanket. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked so beautiful, but skinnier than I thought he was. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was a skinny white dude, who was a little strung out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I pulled Otto from the protesting little girl and wrapped my arms around his sweaty skinny body — Sorry, but the bonobo comes with me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I always prayed to be on the Shirts because I’m real skinny and I don’t like taking my shirt off in front of other people. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she stood in the doorway with her hand on her skinny little hip. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Near her, a skinny man in old jeans and a battered army jacket was playing the saxophone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He was tall and skinny like his father and had red hair. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Again I pinch Tram, knowing the plant will be awarded today to the teacher s pet, who is always skinny and nervous and never me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I can tell that I’m skinnier because the thin gold bracelet I’ve been wearing since I turned sixteen now slips down my hand. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “We’ll take care of your baby!” yells a skinny woman with a bowl cut and crooked teeth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “So now we all know,” says Four, quietly, “that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The skinny man drove off, and I had a feeling that my dad’s change of heart had already happened. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Come in, say Jack A skinny little white woman stick most of herself through the door. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I guessed that skinny red chicken was still running around St. Nick somewhere. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z His office is small and filled with books of all sorts—fat books, skinny books, old books with pages sticking out, new books still stuffed in bags. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She never saw how the skinny man got over the wall, but when he did she fell on him with Gendry and Hot Pie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She looked skinny to me, even gaunt, but I probably thought that because of her hair. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Two nights ago, it killed a youngster he knew, a tall, skinny migrant with a cleft upper lip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Behind the bar Mr. Thirsty, a skinny man with a large Adam’s apple, polished a glass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I blink rapidly, trying to get my bearings—that skinny nurse with the horse face has dropped a tray of food at the end of the hall, and it’s woken me up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Made m’ mum buy me one of those godawful outfits with the skinny black leggings and the oversize jackets —” “Bandanna?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z God takes you as you are: black, white, tall, short, skinny, or fat. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Robb’s younger sister, brown-haired, long-faced, skinny as a stick, always dirty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Why are you going to Mattru Jong, if not for school? And why do you look so skinny?” she continued asking, but we evaded her questions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He seemed in a hurry to get it over with now and I could see Mrs Pratchett’s skinny goat’s legs trotting to keep up with him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ebright, a former coxswain, was short, skinny, bespectacled, and sharp of feature, with a prominent nose and a receding chin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They leave Bernd and skinny, leering Neumann Two—one with a rifle and the other wearing headphones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was tall and slim but not skinny. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Let’s just talk to your family a minute,” the skinny one said, opening his door. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I was returning from a gathering at St. Edwards Secondary School that: evening when I saw this light-skinned, skinny boy with bony cheeks sitting on the stoop by himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One shouted to Alby, a short, skinny kid drenched in mud. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z So were the skinniest and most inquisitive females. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Water sprinklers rose tall among the green trees like skinny metal weeds. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She says, “There are kids there, living there, in that dark and dirty and cold place. A bunch of them. Eight or ten. Maybe more. They’re skinny and hungry and dirty. It is extremely tragical.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Those on foot squeezed onto the narrow wooden gangways that hung suspended over the water on either side or the skinny alleys that crisscrossed the tracts of land between canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Tomás rolls as high as his skinny arms can reach and leaves a long dark streak of water on the stucco. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Celia groaned and let her head fall back, curls brushing the back waistband of her skinny jeans. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His hair is so short, and he’s so skinny, that he looks like a wizened old man. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The water came from a gray metal water pistol with a long skinny barrel which I stuck into a small opening in one end of the bag. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got two black guys and a skinny white kid,” said Kelley. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Average height, skinny arms and legs, white socks, black shoes. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Beside them stands Mr. Washburn, a tall, skinny man with a bow tie that makes his whole face look like a gift someone wrapped up real nice. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Robineau gave him a tryout, hut Chico was so skinny he practically collapsed under the camera. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Kids still got teased and bullied, but it was over usual kid stuff: being fat or being skinny, being tall or being short, being smart or being dumb. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This skinny older man zigzags across the courtyard. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It fit me okay in the shoulders because Mr. Ray was skinny, but the sleeves were way too long. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “It’s time to go to school, my darling,” Mrs. Bucket said, putting an arm around Charlie’s skinny shoulders. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I said, “I don’t know, sir, she was real pretty and real tall and kind of skinny like me, I guess.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The pretty girls weren’t so much pretty as skinny with too-high heels and expensive clothes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She holds the hand of a small skinny boy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The bird lady was aptly nicknamed; she resembled a crane, with her long, skinny legs and pointy beak nose. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She is called Zola and is skinny like a twig- tree, with hair chip-chopped in a startling way. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z They could fish all day and not even come up with a skinny lake trout. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As if it wasn’t just growing, it was ripping itself out of the ground and sneaking around on skinny white roots. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In the first place I am flat-chested, just plain too skinny. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One was skinny and stringy and the other’n was all thick muscles and solid bone. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z On Valentine’s Day, Little Jimmy showed up on our front porch, with his skinny legs and his old bike. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas leaned over the shoulder of a skinny boy standing in front of him to get a look at the body on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She was skinny on top, though, and weak. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Folks are mighty impressed that he knows so much, but the captain—a tall, skinny guy with a sunburn—he laughs it off. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A yellow one with a skinny plastic headset that I’m sure he’ll let me borrow. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Behind Andrew I see a skinny ghost with a beard and bow tie. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Whistles from the people of Phippsburg, and shouts of wonder that the minister’s boy, the minister’s skinny boy should be able to hit a ball that far three times in a row. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And though the war was young, the plane was winning a reputation for being delicate, especially in the skinny wings, which could snap off if struck in combat. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Ruthie, tall skinny lady with red lipstick and blue babushka, one blue sock and one green because she forgot, is the only grown-up we know who likes to play. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Raymond reached up with his skinny arms and grabbed her by the neck tightly, as if that alone would keep the thing from happening. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had a short body and skinny legs; his high-tops kept brushing against the porch as he rocked in his chair. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The other one was brown and black and skinny as all get-out. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Tall with straight brown hair falling past her elbows, she’s not fat or skinny, a perfect between. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, Webster’s is packed with guys wearing scarves and jackets and skinny jeans. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z There was hardly anyone to be seen in the narrow alleys, only a few of the Black Jackets, as Meggie had secretly dubbed them, with skinny boys following them like puppies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Levi is tall and skinny, too, but he has at least 6 inches to go to catch up with her. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and skinny, skinnier than Dari even, in a way that looked like his bones might rip right through his skin with one wrong move. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was a tall, skinny, silent, grim, black man who had fought in the Civil War with the Union Army. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Rob, who had unanimously been named captain by the team, was tall, skinny, smart, and had the best line with girls that Gerald had ever heard. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were entangled in the plants, leaves growing between the skinny bars. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I shrugged her off before Fang, so skinny and pale he looked like he’d just climbed out of a coffin, squeezed into the box-packed back seat and put an end to all conversation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Still, I’m skinny and it’s not a pretty kind of skinny like fashion models. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The more he talked about how good it had made him feel—"with the skinny needle in my arm and the blood blooming in the syringe"—the higher his voice rose. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Brendan reaches up a skinny octopus tentacle and casually drops the ball through the hoop. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Somkit was a head shorter than Pong, and skinny—even for a prisoner. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The man, Jim, was skinny all over—arms, face, neck—but he had a big belly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Not poor, but po’, as in skinny, which I’m not. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A teacher with long skinny legs, black skirt, white blouse, and purple cardigan. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Just the usual wall movements. Nothing to get your skinny butt excited about.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A third had skinny black arms that stretched longer and longer until he awoke, sweating and shivering. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She wished she could take off her clothes and swim, gliding through the warm water like an skinny pink otter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m about to argue when Mrs. Gruver steps out of her office and puts her long, skinny self between me and any chance of escape. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He shaved his pinched, pale face every third or fourth day, and most of the time he appeared to be growing a reddish- gold mustache over his skinny upper lip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Blue controlling the one closest to us was a skinny kid, who looked like he weighed about half of what his tub did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “How you talk, Henny. Look at me—how skinny I am and I never think about dying.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She is a skinny brown woman in the black uniform of the kitchen help. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Finn fell asleep draped in Kittens and dreamed that the corn walked the earth on skinny white roots, liked to joke with the crows, and wasn’t afraid of anything. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The skinny boy arrived and plopped down on the rocky shore. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A door on the ground floor opened up to a skinny backyard, where a mommy cat and her new litter of kittens made their home under a hydrangea bush. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When the skinny man was dead, Gen dry stole his sword and leapt down into the yard to fight some more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Behind the women was a man with very long and skinny arms, at the end of which were two hooks instead of hands. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Watson sat in the audience—“skinny and awkward...pop-eyed, and wrote down nothing.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As the water began to splash over his skinny but unmuscled stomach, he thought of Archimedes. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Dimple noticed the girl’s eyes hitch just slightly on her dark-rinse skinny jeans and Chucks before moving on smoothly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She tied her shoes, threw a wool cloak over her skinny shoulders, and knotted it under her throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I watched her once from the window when she was crossing over Fifth Avenue to go to the park, and that's what she is, roller-skate skinny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Joe threw a fistful of dirt on the ground, unleashed a string of curses by way of an adios, and stomped off to search for his skinny animal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t all that interested in teaching a skinny fifteen-year-old punk how to swim. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z ‘Just keep in mind my wallet is pretty skinny.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She sprinted around to the front of the house, hoping to see James’ skinny figure sitting on the steps, with Maybeth quiet beside him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed my skinny body between the school’s chain-link fence and padlocked gate. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But the next evening, as the Carpathia was closing in on New York Harbor, George and Phoebe overheard a skinny man with a beard speaking to an officer. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z So I explained that trees don’t grow real big in that part of the state, that a bear could knock down one of them skinny little black spruce without even trying. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She used the long, skinny part of a pen cap to scrape grime from under her nails. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He pointed to a long skinny black suitcase that had a leather handle on top of it and said, “And be careful, that’s my bread and butter in there.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s funny how in the United States I’m too fat, and in Mexico I’m too skinny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The visiting child was a shy, skinny boy about my height who was clinging to his cousin nervously. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was skinny and had a blue look and didn’t thrive. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure there were a few club members still dubious about a skinny disabled kid playing, but the first bowl I sent down that day gently nudged the jack. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She threw her skinny arms tight around his neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z During the final weeks, he began to look a little wan and even skinnier than usual, chewing his Nicorette with unusual vigor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Well, that sure made Genie feel good, but before he could reply, Crab called out, “This one’ll do,” shaking a skinny limb. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was as if they had scent glands or marsupial pouches, adaptations for fecundity, for procreating in the wild, which had nothing to do with skinny, hairless, domesticated me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was big, but skinny; you could see his ribs. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z AD, I watch tight groups of friends giggle past me, and moms with strollers and huge shopping bags, order up caffè americanos and skinny vanilla lattes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z And her fingers knew exactly the best way to twist skinny green clover stems together to make a long chain to stretch across the street to stop cars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, please, sit down—” the skinny guy said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I take the shower head from its mount and spray my body from up close, aiming it over my shoulders and down my back and then over each of my skinny limbs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He was smaller than the other basketball boys, skinnier, with dark fuzz on his upper lip and a few pink zits on his forehead. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s a skinny man in the same green jacket and cap the first one wore. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It is heavy white marble on skinny black legs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched him closely, but he’d barely even skimmed the thing when the door behind him swung open and a tough, skinny old bag in a Red Carpet uniform stepped in beside him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was a snapshot of her and a skinny boy with thick brown hair sticking up in all directions. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He coughed out water and started breathing air, but it forced all his flesh and blood to his upper body. That’s why his chest is so thick and his legs are so skinny.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s El Cantil, a tall, skinny man named after a particularly agile and poisonous snake. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I was a young knucklehead with a skinny brain. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He grasped her by one of her skinny arms and led her over to where the Sixth Form was standing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He waved his skinny arm towards the darkling mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z That dog’s gonna be right jealous you dumped her so easy for something as plain and homely as that skinny, knock-knee Foster girl. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Barely ten feet away, seagulls strutted around, squawking, flapping their skinny wings, and picking at something in the grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Most of the long and skinny island was wild land: rolling green hills and forests and marshes with just a few orchards and farms. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She could pair them with her skinny jeans and Chucks and look almost normal. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He sat in the back with her on the bench opposite, his outfit reduced to the wagon and the two skinny horses that pulled it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It’s like telling a fat person about this new diet when you’re really skinny. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was tall and skinny and looked barely sixteen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “You want to go, go,” said the skinny guy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I ran my fingers over the glossy paper that froze her mother into all kinds of smiling poses: a skinny brown woman with shiny black hair in short spiral curls. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We all stretch out our legs: my long, skinny, dark brown ones next to Isabella’s tan ones, next to Julia’s much lighter ones. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z We move a little farther up the right side of the U, toward the Great Vault, but take a turn through a skinny doorway we skipped on our tour. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I was suddenly overwhelmed with love for that skinny dog. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Tram is half my size, so skinny and nervous. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z All I can see of Axel are his skinny legs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Old Tallow split a poor waboose, rabbit, and opened its skinny body to show that the creature was mush inside, a bloody pudding as the result of disease. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z My head was spinning: you are too skinny . . . you are too weak . . . you are too skinny, you are good for the ovens . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “They weren’t worth anything anyway. So skinny and tough the coyotes had to kill half of them just to make one meal.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Lavender was exceptionally small for her age, a skinny little nymph with deep-brown eyes and with dark hair that was cut in a fringe across her forehead. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z We were walking down Frances Street when he pointed out a skinny man with white legs in Bermuda shorts. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I remind myself of a greyhound, all sinews and skinny rib cage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A skinny, slippery-looking old black slave in the kitchen told him Mr. Hancock was in bed with a headache. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so skinny I could count her ribs through her dress. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Behind them, a pretty but brutally skinny girl blinked heavily lined eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My mother, unsmiling, skinny and dark from the sun, stands a distance away. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Fidelito stuck his skinny backside between the bars of the high window and waggled it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a tall, somewhat skinny young fellow, married and has a child—a gentleman in every way. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Closer now, on her crucifix I saw a skinny Jesus. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The skinny man stands abruptly, as if there’s a spring under him. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He too small for that kind a work, too skinny, but he needed the job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His smile, with their skinny arms around each other’s shoulders, was big and healthy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then Calvin sticks his skinny hand right in there behind the thorns. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When she was a skinny child, strangers bought Lourdes treats on the beach or on the main street of town, believing she was malnourished and motherless. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z David stands behind him, like Dad’s skinny shadow. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The old man rode a skinny pinto mare with hip bones and ribs poking against the hide like springs of an old car seat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z You are too skinny, you are too weak ... Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she was done, Valley grabbed two skinny cylinders and handed them to Seven and Thorn carefully. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Lots more pictures of the boys growing up, skinny boys with dark curling hair, Didi as lovely as ever, no pictures of Hugh anywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At least Shay’s new body wasn’t as painfully skinny; she felt soft and warm in the damp cold of the cave. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And he had always thought her a skinny, plain girl. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra and Seth had brought a pair of jeans, but they turned out to be from Grandma’s skinnier days, and were not even close to fitting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was like an angry machine, shaking as if he’d just eaten those caffeine pills my mother used to take to stay skinny. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And being skinny was not something a child aspired to be. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell her that after you left, I stopped eating, I got so skinny that the bathwater would collect between my bones, why didn’t anyone ask me why I was so skinny? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He crouched, skinny and filthy, his hair and beard overgrown and matted. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She was two years younger than the youngest orphan, not to mention Smaller and skinnier, and Lommy and Hot Pie took her silence to mean she was scared, or stupid, or deaf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She fishes a skinny breast from her dress and lifts it to my mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I went and stood where Byron still had the neck of 59 Larry Dunn’s skinny little windbreaker wadded up in his fist. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely have time to squeal before my skinny thighs settle on a pair of massive shoulders. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The dining room table was about two inches long and had four chairs around it with legs as skinny as toothpicks. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z It was a horse, so skinny it seemed made of sticks and paper bags, clopping through the snow and slush of the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She gave us each a turn at being massaged by the torrent, which banged against our skinny bodies and bounced off in silver fans onto the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ashton’s neck was back to its pale skinny self. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Fat women are more beautiful than skinny women.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel grabbed Spurge by the skinny wrist and yanked him up out of the trash. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “You have skinny legs, skinny butt, skinny everything,” he says. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Juanga is wearing a suit one size too big and a skinny purple tie. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The SS shoved us inside, a hundred per car: we were so skinny! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mama,” Miss Hilly yell at Miss Walter, “take another sandwich. You are skinny as a telephone pole.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sophia's spine curves beneath her skin, visible on her skinny frame. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A pack of stray, skinny dogs followed us, barking at the wheels and waking up the few neighbors who did not work on Sundays. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Now listen up, ’cause I’m not going to repeat myself,” said the skinny guy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He was a skinny kid with red hair, freckles, and a big forehead. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z That from a third man, drawn by their voices—a skinny stubble-jawed piece of work with teeth stained red from sourleaf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s taller than I am but just as skinny, with streaks of gray in his shaggy, brown hair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z This was a long, brown, skinny wooden flute. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z In fact, fences were constantly being snipped accidentally so that skinny cows, horses, or sheep might wander off their owner’s mini-dustbowls into their neighbors’ less parched fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was my turn, I took off my uniform and was surprised, again, at how skinny I was. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “What happened next with your teacher?” she asks Scoob as she sticks the skinny posts into her wrinkly earlobes. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The man handing out the papers says my arms are that skinny I’d be lucky to carry two stamps but Uncle Pat sticks eight papers under each arm. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sitting in a circle passing a tissue box back and forth, talking about how hard it is to watch your parents skinny up, watch their hair thin and fall out, watch their bodies turn disloyal. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “What y’all want?” a wrinkled, skinny slave sitting on the bank of the river asked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She a skinny little thing, with a gentle face and disturbing tongue. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To Pax’s surprise, a smaller, skinnier version of herself unfurled at her paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Here’s this skinny Chinese boy in jeans stepping into the ocean. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You can think yourself lucky you’re the main attraction at our festivities this evening, or I’d wring your skinny little neck here and now.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A skinny bald man—who sort of resembled a plucked chicken in a bright blue suit—strutted out the lobby door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Will held the watch in his hand and looked down at the white face, the black roman numerals, and the skinny second hand ticking forward in a steady, jerking beat. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z His freckled arms were long and skinny and he kept punching Dwight and elbowing Burl. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z An elderly dog, so skinny Fred could see its ribs, stepped into the light and pawed at the dumpster. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You were hardly the angel. Your place was crawling with all those skinny girls. You didn’t want strings, remember?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Around the corner of the front counter, a skinny, unsmiling lad looked up from a littered table and nodded, meeting my eyes only glancingly, then looking away. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sketch a Cubist tree with hundreds of skinny rectangles for branches. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But then he swallowed—the children could see his Adam’s apple bob in his skinny throat—and shrugged his patchy shoulders. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z This dictator was the heavy boot on our skinny necks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ken had to do a certain amount of squeezing and inhaling to get through the fence, but skinny Toby came through almost as easily as the girls, now that he wasn’t wearing boxes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z On an easel next to the podium is a poster-size picture of my mom and my dad taken back when my dad had hair and when my mom was skinny. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was a rather skinny boy, neither large nor small for fourteen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One was skinny, with prominent ribs and long, flat feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The sacker with a long, greasy ponytail and skinny little beard look me over when I was checking out and made a snort in his nose. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I call Tariq's number, see if I can get the skinny. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was a white man in a business suit and tie playing with some little device in his hands, one of those PalmPilot things, tapping the screen with a skinny pen. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Not skinny mind you but a feather in my arms and there was many a sorry man when she left Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Slender is like...well, it’s different from skinny. It’s good.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The narrow bed filled up most of the space, and even someone as skinny as Gilly had to kneel on the bed in order to pull out the drawers of the bureau opposite it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Eight dollars a pound for skinny fish. Eighteen for nice fat fish.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I said, “Thanks. They’re good for kicking,” and I kicked her skinny shin. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And then, just like before, a skinny arm came out from underneath the covers as if it were emerging from a grave. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z A skinny spirit wearing long dreadlocks sits cross-legged behind a black kettle. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I was in the middle of it all, standing on my two skinny, ashy legs, with my wet hands. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It is all pine trees here, too skinny for their height, built like I am. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She looked like that famous statue, The Thinker, but thin, with her brown plaid skirt covering her skinny knees and her ponytail flopped to one side. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “He’s four feet tall and as skinny as a bean pole.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a peep from either of ’em,” this skinny girl with a birthmark on her cheek said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And then it’s Abby’s turn, and she emerges from the wings, dragging a skinny black music stand to the edge of the stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Now the car appeared, and grew until it became a blue Dodge sedan with a single passenger, a bald, skinny man. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Even then, when Ahmad was a skinny, tanned boy of fifteen, he knew he would be a sailor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Its spiny wings were huge compared to its skinny jet body, it had a long snout with wide nostrils, the stubs of horns and bulging, orange eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You must learn a lot living there,” a skinny girl says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And besides, he said as Sekai clambered over his skinny knees and looked up adoringly at her father’s face, it was fun. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m sitting next to this skinny woman who got on in Richmond. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of skinny cats, sliding away, their flanks hollow as spoons. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They’re almost the same height and build, maybe five foot six, both kind of skinny, with shoulders like swimmers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Sliding a boy down a tight skinny tube. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Picture of a skinny, miserable, rocking child, flies near her mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Almost immediately, the Captain saw something in the skinny, hungry lad from Gary—some spark of raw intelligence, perhaps—and took him as a protégé. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He rolled a skinny little cigarette in a brown wheat paper and offered the sack to Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought I looked like a grasshopper in it—a skinny, spiky grasshopper with a human head and straight hair. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The only reason why I didn’t resort to kicking their skinny butts was because I didn’t want to be known as fat and a bully, because then no one would talk to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly the camera in my mind zooms out and I can see that she’s just a skinny girl standing alone, not so different from someone else I know. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He was six and a half feet tall and skinny as a rail. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed the cardboard box and I squeezed Fang’s skinny neck as I shoved him into the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A skinny man sitting high up like a judge looked down at me and Ty'ree and asked if he could help us. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z It is furnished, but rather ugly’’ The house was tall and skinny, like all the houses around it. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was short and skinny with glasses and a beard that matched the little bit of hair on either side of his head. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z His arms looked so skinny—skinnier even than mine. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was tall skinny Professor Ezeka, with a voice so hoarse he sounded as if he spoke in whispers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was a skinny little weak-looking guy, with wrists about as big as pencils. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z But the way I see it through my Adah eyes it is a flat plank clipped into pieces, rectangles and trapezoids, by the skinny black-line shadows of tall palm trunks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Izzy was a wisp of a girl, both skinny and short, but she sported a meticulously groomed mane of black hair that added a couple of inches in all directions. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She got a skinny little brown nub that poke out the left sleeve. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She entered Erysichthon’s room where he slept and she wrapped her skinny arms around him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks skinny, with the bones of her chest exposed and her cheekbones hollow. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Elizabeth covers Dad’s skinny body with a new sheet. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The boy was skinny and quiet, and one summer’s night, Mr. Trepid discovered him lying listless and feverish in his bed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms over my chest and held on to my own shoulders, thinking of Ruth May’s sharp, skinny shoulder blades under her little white shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Two centurions leaned casually on their javelins, chatting with a tall skinny blond guy in a purple toga. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A few skinny chickens pecked around the concrete blocks the house sat on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He left the office and spotted Matt Kapok, a skinny white guy from his economics class. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His whole life he’d been skinny, and then a bodybuilding magazine found its way into his hands and changed his life. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I can only imagine how it must have been for a skinny nonathlete who had no business setting foot on a gridiron. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z In there I feel skinnier than ever; when I catch sight of myself in the mirror I can see the ribs below my collarbone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a skinny guy who shaved his head at the beginning of every soccer, hockey, and baseball season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was so skinny, just skin stretched taut over bones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The message I heard everywhere—from television, from people at school—was that I should exercise and eat healthy food so that I could stay skinny. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He hardly spoke when he first came, skinny, pimply, beardless except for the babyhair on his upper lip and chin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I can control this terrible trio for a bit. Folks out there need all the help they can get, even if it does come from a skinny white girl.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing there crying, his legs quivering like skinny little twigs in the wind. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m also the tallest, skinniest thing you ever seen. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z One skinny guy, who was perhaps enjoying himself more than everyone else, laughed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z With him he had Wick Whittlestick, tall and skinny as a spear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was on the starting line—skinny kids on either side of me with big eyes, bad haircuts, and white T-shirts of their own—and happy to give it a go. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Manny shifted his considerable weight on the little wooden chair and fussed with his skinny goatee. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “The senior wife was a hyena with many children, and the junior was a skinny jackal with only one little boy.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skinny bare legs glistened with insect repellent. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They were looking for a highborn girl, daughter of the King's Hand, not for a skinny boy with his hair chopped off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With that he walked alone around the corner and stared ahead at the skinny fellow sitting clutching the brandy bottle on the stoop. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She skulked around bushes and hid behind the skinny trunk of a birch tree, which wouldn’t have actually disguised anything if Drew happened to turn around as he crossed the street. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was no missing the taut rope around the skinny neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They knew the Long Knives were coming because of that skinny cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re kind of skinny, but I can tell by the way you talk and the way you act that you haven’t been out on the road for very long. You still look young.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The wagon, pulled by two yellow skinny cows moving very slowly, arrives later that evening. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I guess I’d forgotten to turn my filter back on after all that honesty, because without really thinking, I said, “Because he has skinny legs?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Nailer knew what she was seeing, a skinny ribbed boy just out of a fever and crazy Richard Lopez behind him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Shucks, I’m not all that young, I’m going to be eleven on November fourteenth, and I’m not skinny, I’m wiry. Some folks think I’m a hero.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z There were all kinds of people, too—white, black, Hispanic, Asian, tall, short, fat, skinny. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Coach Washington wore a dark suit and skinny tie. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her body under the red dress looks very thin, skinny almost, and she’s lost that pregnant glow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the clues are telling us to locate a secret skinny passageway five hundred paces past some landmark here in the library.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Dakari’s hand tightens around mine, but I pull away and search the clearing around us until I find a skinny boy in a dirt-smudged tunic. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was very skinny indeed, but apparently a lot tougher than he looked, because he climbed up onto the side of the ship, stretched out his arms, and dived, right into the lake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Afterward, she would remember that the skinny one had a moustache and that they both appeared to have reddish, bizarrely bloated faces, maybe from excessive boozing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d wrapped and tucked it over and over, but the skinny part kept sticking out the bottom. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Close behind us were our friends: Tjaden, a skinny locksmith of our own age, the biggest eater of the company. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “One, two ...” She leaned in and kissed the skinny metal door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She was skinny and small, but she held on to the door as if more than happy to throw her weight against it to keep out intruders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I hate talking about weight with skinny people. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to shake their skinny vegetarian necks and scream into their Quaker faces: Stop cheering for me! Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z There was a resemblance, maybe, but where Linda had always been very slender and fragile-looking, almost skinny, the body in that casket was fat and swollen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she disappeared around a comer, Tally noticed how skinny Shay was. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Holes are cut out every couple of feet: fat holes for windows, skinny holes for doors. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z There were twice as many tall, skinny sprinklers as last time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z At the start of class, James bent over his backpack and pulled out a handful of long, skinny strips of paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When he did, he remembered a skinny brown girl with sad eyes, sharp teeth, and a mouth full of Spanish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he’d grab the Bull’s shirt collar in his skinny little hand, the one with the fingers of a gifted pianist, and shove him against the nearest tree. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I cried and cried on her bed, and Jupe wrapped her skinny arms around me and told me everything would be okay. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z This huge guy and this skinny guy brought in this big guy and put him on the hut floor. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he’d fit his entire skinny body down the opening of an owl burrow, so that only his noggin stuck out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a skinny girl with braids who got up and blew the roof off the church. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Brian was shorter than me and just as skinny, with freckles across his nose and sandy red hair that fell into his eyes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Matted hair that looked like it had never met a comb stuck out like petals around a face that seemed much too large for his skinny body. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Even the skinny children's faces are lined with poverty and hatred, and they spit out their demands to their weary parents, or they don't—can't—talk at all. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Colin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z We gave our money to the captain—a skinny fisherman with missing teeth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As Rosemary helps me out of my shirt, I look down at my skinny frame. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The little boy was so skinny, it didn’t seem like he could survive a missed meal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only stores we go into are for skinny girls, so I’m glad I don’t have any money to buy anything. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Now only a few feet away, the visitor grew louder and louder until Thomas caught a shadowed glimpse of a skinny boy limping along in a strange, lilting run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z One was tall and skinny and the other one was short and stocky. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z A caracal is exactly the kind of creature that would try to catch a skinny baboon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the rooftop darkness I couldn't see her good but I could see she was brown-skinned and skinny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She shut the closet door and leaned against it, dressed in skinny jeans and a dolman sleeved indigo blue top that showed her belly button. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And this skinny knight wif long blond hair and a face like a weasel is staring right down at them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A long, skinny, jagged canyon that cuts across the mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She squirmed out headfirst, her skinny legs kicking slightly as she did a somersault onto the front lawn. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She was light-skinned and skinny with white hair and she was breathing funny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Gilly patted the skinny, freckled arm and swept up the walk into the house, leaving the open-mouthed fledgling outside the gate. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She was skinny and had an okay body, but she always managed to make it look like a sack of potatoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I’m not headed for the trash, I see now, but for a small, skinny dog wandering the heap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Little Clara, who at the time was just a skinny child, came out to meet me when 1 stepped into the courtyard, took me by the hand, and drew me silently toward the dining room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if she had the Tibetan gift of placing her skinny adolescent frame in her client’s hands and transporting her soul to some distant place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lumpy as the skinny puppy Conner had found, wrapped in a dirty blanket by a trash bin. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The skinny fox startled at the unfamiliar human scent and looked over Bristle’s shoulder. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And your father—he’s so skinny, he’s disappearing.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing worse than trying on dresses is hearing a bunch of skinny girls trying on dresses next door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But no one ever had more fun with a skinny bat and a tennis ball covered in dog goober. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He glanced coyly at the tall, skinny guy in a loose T-shirt. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The peanut bag was rattling against the round board as a skinny white boy with hunched shoulders beat it into a brown blur. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But with his clothes on he looked skinny. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z One is tall and skinny, with a big Adam’s apple and a lazy eye. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It had long, skinny, woolly arms, and a pair of feet as flexible and grimy as its hands. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z When August turned Zach loose, I saw how much skinnier he looked. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the crack gets skinnier and skinnier and they keep sliding down, the ice begins to squeeze them. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was a hairless, skinny one with eyes like two holes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, the officer, a young skinny guy in his early twenties, was more about making a buck than doing his job. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I grabbed hold of a skinny black-walnut tree trunk and wrapped Peach’s arms around it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d sit there and stare for hours as Warcross images rotated on its side, my skinny legs swinging, until dawn came and the sunlight would bathe me in gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The skinny bald man settled himself comfortably against a stump and started drinking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I put Mr. Patterson in a pair of white shorts with skinny white legs sticking out and I gave Mrs. Patterson a big sunhat and a bathing suit, imagining Moxie bottles in the sand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As she watched, the tall, skinny man circulated from group to group. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about him, Mama. Doctors are saying that skinny people live longer. Papa’s going to live a long time.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma, Joey and Grandma Sands were sitting at the little, skinny kitchen table yakking. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I run outside to pick a couple of daisy flowers I saw blooming in the side yard and ’range ’em in the skinny glass vase. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z |
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