Example Sentences

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The rain dashed against her and flattened her hair lankly over her cheeks.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Her pretty face was wan and listless; her hair uncurled: some locks hanging lankly down, and some carelessly twisted round her head. 

From Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily

His long, dark hair fell about his thin face lankly, and it was an easy matter, by dropping his head, to hide his features completely.

From The Place Beyond the Winds by Potter, Harry Spafford

She said, "Oh, pshaw, Squire Braile," and lankly let herself down sidewise from the porch, and flopped away on the road.

From The Leatherwood God by Howells, William Dean

Her white cap was awry, and one of yesterday's curls hung lankly over her left cheek.

From Pembroke A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins