tallish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tallish
Example Sentences
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A tallish man with salt and pepper hair and a boyish grin, he had a magnetic confidence, and workers described wanting to hang around him to soak up his brilliance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2021
Is there any reason not to let my husband get his kicks from talking to me about having a tallish kid?
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2019
He talked about stuff behind the scenes and curated a tallish tale of a wacky, collegial studio of writers and artists who might do just about anything in their pursuit of good stories.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
At the story’s center is the fearful and awkward Ellis, played by William Apps, a tallish, bearded man of uncertain age who wears his skin as if it were a badly cut jacket.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2016
He thought of a man whom he had passed in the street a few weeks back: a quite ordinary-looking man, a Party member, aged thirty-five or forty, tallish and thin, carrying a brief case.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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