How to Use leggy in a Sentence

leggy

adjective
Definition of leggynext
  • The bush has gotten leggy and needs to be pruned.
  • Sunburned, leggy and with a mop of cropped blonde hair, Ms. Love was catnip to the press.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
  • However, the new shoots fill in so that the plant does not look too leggy.
    — Brian Kemble, The Mercury News, 11 May 2017
  • This midi dress from Petal & Pup has seamed cups, slinky tie straps and a leggy slit at the hem.
    — Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2024
  • If the plant gets leggy, move it to brighter light and pinch it back to encourage fuller growth.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Keira Walsh was loose in midfield, and even Scott looked leggy by the time the match reached the final 25 minutes.
    — SI.com, 20 June 2019
  • The actress has been known to rock a leggy moment, and this one was a total slay.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
  • And, while each of these styles earned the spotlight in its own right, a leggy fall/winter 2023 is in the forecast.
    — Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Ugly, leggy stems can be pruned to the ground, which will encourage a new flush of bushy growth.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In a room with lots of leggy furniture, a few skirted pieces can be a nice break.
    — Catie Parrish, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Next, cut off the longest stems (which are the oldest), as well as stems that are leggy and have a lot of yellow or dead leaves.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 27 Apr. 2018
  • In this Valentine, please note the tall and leggy and naked cartoon versions of Julia and Paul.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Plants grown in too much shade will grow leggy and produce fewer blooms.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
  • There are the same leggy poinsettia and the same trees of pink and yellow hibiscus.
    — Alice Bolin, Los Angeles Magazine, 26 June 2018
  • If this happen, the wide top of the hedge will shade out the lower parts causing them to lose their foliage and create a hedge that is leggy.
    — NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Signed with a modeling agency in New York, time will tell if this leggy beauty can strut her way to the top!
    — Vulture, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Over-fertilization can cause plants to grow leggy and can even kill them.
    — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2016
  • If this Australian native becomes too leggy and floppy, move it to a spot with more light.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Scoring points here—the leggy little black dress outlined with white.
    — Arthur Elgort, Vogue, 21 June 2024
  • Seeler rose above the leggy Azzurri backline to head the ball back to Muller, who stretched to flick the ball into the bottom corner.
    — SI.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • South African geranium stems that have grown too leggy.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • That long and leggy scarlet-flowered beauty hanging from the town hall’s porch?
    — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Some flowers are tall and leggy; others are compact and fill in empty space.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
  • The undulating lines of a bouclé chair from Fritz Porter Design Collective and a leggy lamp help the room find its groove.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024
  • If pansies grow leggy, shear them back and give them a shot of fertilizer.
    — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2017
  • So, feel free to cut back your philodendron when its branches are looking long and leggy.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Visitors get to see what the wildling looks like, a tall, leggy bush with bract clusters isolated at the end of long branches.
    — Adrian Higgins, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The reason for this men’s shorts conundrum comes down to the attention a leggy look can attract.
    — Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 22 July 2024
  • Go in and clean up the tired blooms, cut back leggy height, and continue to make sure each stem is focusing all its efforts on just one bloom.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Visitors can see what the wildling looks like, a tall, leggy bush with bract clusters isolated at the end of long branches.
    — Adrian Higgins, kansascity, 14 Dec. 2017

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