Example Sentences

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Each picture is composed just so, to accentuate her best features: the long, swanlike neck; the well-toned midriff; the high, strong shoulders; the ramrod posture; and—this feels new—the gaunt cheeks and picture-perfect jawline.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024

This is a wickedly acerbic vision of modern life, and Willa, 32, is a well-toned, cellulite-free queen of rage, trapped in a domestic life she loves and loathes.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018

From her profile picture on Facebook, I could see she was tall, African American, with high cheekbones, well-toned arms and a huge smile.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2017

His well-toned abs and spot-on timing made him the perfect foil for Seth Rogen in the comedy Neighbors where he played a frat king who moves in next door to Rogen and his young family.

From Forbes • Jan. 5, 2015

To reap, share, tithe you what his hand has sown, Enjoy his treasures and increase your own, Build up his virtues on the base design'd, The well-toned harmonies of humankind.

From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel