Lithe

Examples

• At last he saw it, not twenty feet away--the long, lithe, muscular body and tawny head of a huge black-maned lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Handsome some he was not, being small and dark, but he was as lithe as a serpent, and his dark eyes flashed with the fierce fire of genius. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• His attitude is stately; he is lithe and supple; all his movements are full of grace. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She came swiftly out to us, as straight as a lily on its stem, and as lithe and supple in every movement she made as a young cat. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She looked up to see his lithe form drop softly from a near-by tree. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Her breath came quick and fast, and every inch of the lithe figure was quivering with strong emotion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy step and a pleasant, open face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At last came she whom Tarzan sought, with lithe sinews rolling beneath shimmering hide; fat and glossy came Sabor, the lioness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A sunburnt, quick, lithe, little man, though rather thickset. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• So with every lithe action of the girl, with every turn of her wrist, perhaps most of all with her look of dread or horror; they were things of usage. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Rather tall, of a lithe nimble figure, extremely pale, with large faded eyes, and a quantity of streaming hair. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Since then Tarzan of the Apes had felt a warm, lithe form close pressed to his. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In vain I searched among the groups of travellers and leave-takers for the lithe figure of my friend. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Who else has a shape so lithe, and proud, and graceful? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Gently the lithe boy dropped to the soft earth at the end of the village street. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As I approached I found Dejah Thoris lying prone upon her silks and furs, her lithe form wracked with sobs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The three pieces of stick were three broken and frayed fragments of a stout lithe cane. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Krook therefore drives her out before him, and she goes furtively downstairs, winding her lithe tail and licking her lips. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She looked at his brown face, his lithe build, his shock of hair, and the quick heel-and-toe way that he walked. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Slowly the powerful neck and shoulders spread the bars apart, and the lithe body protruded farther and farther into the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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