Definitions
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- adjective having heavy limbs
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Examples
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During the afternoon Lena felt heavy-limbed and near sleep, as if she might be coming down with something.
NEVER WAVE GOODBYE DOUG MAGEE 2010
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Kananbala woke the next morning, heavy-limbed, yet hollowed out by the dark space within her.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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Kananbala woke the next morning, heavy-limbed, yet hollowed out by the dark space within her.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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Kananbala woke the next morning, heavy-limbed, yet hollowed out by the dark space within her.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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We made love like people underwater, heavy-limbed and slow.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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He interested me as his type always does -- a fine upstanding fellow he was; over six feet tall, broad-shouldered, narrow-hipped, heavy-limbed, the perfect fighting man, brown-faced, blue-eyed and tawny-haired.
The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005
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He was as tall as Conan, though not so heavy-limbed.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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He was as tall as Conan, though not so heavy-limbed.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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One is large-boned and heavy-limbed, hoarse-voiced, and masculine, like the “Ibos” of Bonny and New Calabar, who equal the men in weight and stature, strength and endurance, suggesting a mixture of the male and female temperaments.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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He was as tall as Conan, though not so heavy-limbed.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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