Example Sentences

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Now, as waiflike models are replaced with Rubenesque ones, can plus-size fashion be freed from the burdens of identity politics and cultural prejudices — to simply exist as clothes and not statements?

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018

Ms. Gomez also runs into Childie, the waiflike lover of a British soap opera star from “The Killing of Sister George.”

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2015

With her waiflike frame, chiseled facial features and steely eyes that reveal nothing, she's like a mysterious child's doll come to life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2013

She was supposed to be larger than life, not waiflike.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2010

They were waiflike but stronger than they looked.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack