How to Use slender in a Sentence

slender

adjective
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  • She has a slender figure.
  • The bombs are slender and pointy and a little more than a foot wide.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • But this house is at a slender end where the lake has a no-wake rule.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2020
  • The Pine Creek Trail slips down through the woods to join the slender waterway that carved the mighty bridge.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
  • Then late returns from Green Bay and the city of Kenosha added to his slender lead.
    — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The lamb tantuni were slender and deep at the same time.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The man was described as tall and slender and of an unknown race.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021
  • The woman gazes up at the scar that runs in a slender pale curve from the edge of his left eyelid to the edge of his mouth.
    — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The male blossoms have a slender stem; the female flowers are the ones with the fruit behind them.
    — Amisha Gurbani, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Fiskars 8-Inch Shrub Rake is a slender little rake that’s great for moving in and out of tight places.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The long slender red dogwood twigs add height and drama to the table.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • On June 11, the sleek and slender young moon will be pairing up with the dazzling planet Venus on the sky's dome.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • The disease caused Whitney, a slender dancer at the time, to gain more than 200 pounds in one year at college.
    — Josie Howell | [email protected], al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Its leaves must be long and slender, like needles, instead of flat and wide.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Ground Control is a slender snake of a trail that slithers up the flank of Cockscomb and clings to the curving sandstone.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Whether your fingers are long or short, full or slender, this shape looks good.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 16 June 2020
  • Kaia wore a black minidress with slender straps and a low-cut neckline.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The work consists of a slender disc of corten steel laid flat on the ground that bears the outlines of roses and a pair of praying hands.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Where the reefs poked up high enough, wind and waves would toss up sand and rubble, forming slender islets.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 26 June 2024
  • Fabolous has a slender physique and the least fitness experience in the group.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The most dramatic feature is the tail, which can be longer than its slender weasel-like body.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
  • At the time, my oldest son, Bryant Jr. was of a slender frame, taking after my wife.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2024
  • There is only endurance and the slender hope of escape.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 29 May 2021
  • O'Donnell, the paramedic who was slender enough to fit down the tunnel, failed on his first attempt to free McClure from the well's tiny shaft.
    — Mark Bone and Gregory Rosati, CNN, 30 July 2021
  • But those trees are still slender saplings, each throwing enough shade for maybe a chihuahua.
    — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Crafted from buttery-soft leather, these tall boots have a more slender shape to put a high-fashion spin on the trend.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The dinosaur also had less body armor, and its limbs were more slender than others of the same species.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The elusive plant, which rarely reveals its slender white petals, lives on trees in remote forests and swamps.
    — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The grey reef shark is characterized by its slender body, grey coloration, and prominent white fin tips.
    — Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Several more acres were later added, and by the turn of the century, five cottages, all built as summer rentals, stood along a slender private lane that then (and today) extends all the way from Gin Lane to the beach.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024

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