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- adjective
comparative form ofscrawny : morescrawny
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Examples
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He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
The Scruffians Project: The Beast of Buskerville Hal Duncan 2010
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
A Reminder Hal Duncan 2010
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On closer inspection, Calvin saw that Nixon was definitely scrawnier, and had a few cuts on his head.
Sunshine Loop Marcelle Heath 2011
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He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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He looked thinner and scrawnier than ever, his head hung down.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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He looked thinner and scrawnier than ever, his head hung down.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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