: having limbs especially of a specified kind or number—usually used in combination
strong-limbed
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebSince arriving in Los Angeles two years ago with no acting experience, the slender, loose-limbed native of the Boston burbs has played otherworldly grotesqueries in half a dozen movies and TV shows.Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The show features a mix of species—the boss is a thin-limbed human; Pim and Charlie are lavender and yellow blobs—as well as animation styles.Wired, 8 Aug. 2022 And the music’s lyrics and loose-limbed grooves are a testament to that. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Loose-limbed and quick-witted, Brooks once sold a hundred and twelve bottles of Advanage in a day. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 That loose-limbed quality is what makes The High Sierra so appealing. Verlyn Klinkenborg, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022 Now 30, the 6-foot-5 Wright would be a long-limbed, athletic veteran presence who could theoretically play behind -- or alongside -- Garland. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 June 2022 Then there are tardigrades, microscopic, eight-limbed micro-animals that also don’t seem to care much about environmental conditions on Earth. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2022 The fossil also suggests that the cephalopod ancestor may have originally had ten limbs, before evolving into modern eight-limbed octopuses and squids. Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022 See More