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  • He had struck up a conversation with us, leaning across the aisle, chatting, pointing with reed-like fingers at the passing landmarks.

    Mazatlan: Tequila, tans and working stiffs 2009

  • As Bulgakov, Jennings is reed-like, glistening with anxiety: the embodiment of febrility and ill-fated aspiration.

    Collaborators; Three Days in May; His Teeth – review 2011

  • He had struck up a conversation with us, leaning across the aisle, chatting, pointing with reed-like fingers at the passing landmarks.

    Mazatlan: Tequila, tans and working stiffs 2009

  • The band launched into the opening chords of their first song, and the tall, reed-like singer whined into the mike about feeling lonely in the dead of winter.

    Live Wire Angela Lutz 2010

  • Any post-hoc rationalization she proffers just underscores her reed-like ways ....

    Obama Ratchets Up Attacks On Hillary: "Too Willing To Give President A Blank Check" 2009

  • He is willowy when people yearn for solid, reed-like where they hope for substantial, a bright older brother when they want Papa, cool where they probably prefer warmth.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • He is willowy when people yearn for solid, reed-like where they hope for substantial, a bright older brother when they want Papa, cool where they probably prefer warmth.

    Neither a Hedgehog Nor a Fox 2009

  • Restioids, members of the Gondwanan family Restionaceae, are evergreen rush or reed-like plants that are the uniquely diagnostic plant type of fynbos.

    Lowland fynbos and renosterveld 2008

  • With his free hand, the gunman grabbed René Bertrand by his reed-like arm, flashed his weapon, and drew the rare-book dealer up against Harvath as he shoved the pair forward.

    The Last Patriot Brad Thor 2008

  • Because of her curvy hips, Ms. Delafosse says she avoids "boy shorts" -- a look she advises only for reed-like body shapes.

    Intimate Advice: 2008

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