waiflike
- a word derived from waif.
Example Sentences
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Dancers were not to be seen as athletic but as beautiful, waiflike and ethereal.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2021
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
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
