Wondering how to use Gangly in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as gangling or lanky.
Gangly in a sentence
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Gangly meaning
Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
Using Gangly
- The main meaning on this page is: Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
- Useful related words include: gangling, lanky, rangy, tall.
- In the example corpus, gangly often appears in combinations such as: the gangly, gangly frame.
Context around Gangly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gangly
- In this selection, "gangly" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, once, duo, awkward, frame, teen and middle stand out and add context to how "gangly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include african duo gangly forward mike and and his gangly frame drew. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gangly" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gangly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They have Thomas Müller, socks rolled down, floating into those familiar awkward, gangly spaces. (14 words)
Bogut’s first growth spurt, at 12, shot him well above his peers, and his gangly frame drew immediate unwanted attention. (21 words)
The once-gangly middle schooler has upped his max bench press to 205 and reps 275 pounds three times on the squat rack. (23 words)
Furthermore, Coach Herring showed he had Jordan's best interests at heart by personally running him through drills every day as a junior, the hard work – and a fortuitous growth spurt – turning the gangly teenager into the Laney varsity alpha dog. (41 words)
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student. (39 words)
Rounding out the six members of the dance group, which they call Hot Metal, is Jack Eld as Ethan Girard, a gangly, young member of the workers and an audience favorite, Ron Christopher Jones as Noah “Horse” T. Simmons. (39 words)
Example sentences (11)
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student.
That led to Lucas and Wiggins’ stepfather, Chad Baker, to connect with a trainer through Wiggins’ youth football coach, Kimario Smith, to strengthen the youngster’s gangly frame and hone his skills.
The once-gangly middle schooler has upped his max bench press to 205 and reps 275 pounds three times on the squat rack.
When Billy Polish and Cassie Laudon, a couple from Point Breeze, brought home their beloved Ralphie, he was a gangly, 37-pound, 12-week-old puppy.
The centre of focus in the Nomads versus Silver tie will be West African duo—gangly forward Mike Tetteh and defender Yunis Shariff—whom Wanderers took on board after being released by the Central Bankers.
They have Thomas Müller, socks rolled down, floating into those familiar awkward, gangly spaces.
Bogut’s first growth spurt, at 12, shot him well above his peers, and his gangly frame drew immediate unwanted attention.
Commenting on her two clubs awards, the gangly shooter says it was unbelievable because she always felt she was far from making the grade.
Furthermore, Coach Herring showed he had Jordan's best interests at heart by personally running him through drills every day as a junior, the hard work – and a fortuitous growth spurt – turning the gangly teenager into the Laney varsity alpha dog.
Rounding out the six members of the dance group, which they call Hot Metal, is Jack Eld as Ethan Girard, a gangly, young member of the workers and an audience favorite, Ron Christopher Jones as Noah “Horse” T. Simmons.
The gangly striker had gotten to his hotel room only to discover that his money had been stolen from his suitcase and that he was $11,000 lighter.
Common combinations with gangly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: