loose-limbed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of loose-limbed
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Grabbing the mic, he launches into a squeaky falsetto version of Abba's Waterloo, followed by Tommy Cash's 2025 entry Espresso Macchiato, complete with its loose-limbed choreography.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
It’s mostly a loose-limbed jam that allows each musician to take compelling solos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The creative director for the Spanish fashion house Loewe, Anderson outfits the loose-limbed Starkey in appropriately tattered polos and perfectly tailored trousers, Craig in Burroughs’ signature linen suit and spectacles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Zane Pais’s loose-limbed Max is the one who brings the tenderness, which cracks the play open emotionally and also, somehow, poetically.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
The man’s back was to her, but he stood in a sort of loose-limbed way, his feet splayed out, his arms swinging at his sides.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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