Example Sentences

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His slack loose-jointedness stiffened into quick, flexible accuracy, his lounging, flaccid air disappeared in a glow of concentrated vigorous effort.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

But the reader forgets the occasional loose-jointedness of the story in contemplation of the swift succession of happy scenes created for him.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond