skintight
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of skintight
Example Sentences
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The inner layer of his piece is a skintight runners set made of neoprene and lycra and finished with reflective orange lining.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Only once he’s in a skintight ski suit does the 29-year-old from Norway begin to resemble his true identity: greatest winter Olympian of all time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
When New York City was rattled by an earthquake earlier this year, Hernández threw on a skintight jumpsuit and a cap with NYC on it to embody the trembler.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
She wore a black skintight leather dress with red stitching and long latex gloves, as she strutted down the runway for the designers Vin + Omi's 20th anniversary show.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
His patterns are silver, stretching over his body like a skintight spiderweb.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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