wiry
adjective
made of wire.
wiriness
-
a word derived from
wiry.
Example Sentences
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Red-legged seriemas are birds with the approximate height and wiriness of a greyhound dog.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2019
Luxemburg, Nelson, and Roberts show that wiriness is more essential to a commander than animal strength, and that mind rather than muscle determines the course of campaigns.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose
If only he could hit that dancing, jumping ball with a fifth of the skill that O’Hara was displaying, his wiriness and pluck might see him through.
From The Gold Bat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
In raw-boned wiriness and in feature, Saul Fulton was typically a mountaineer, but in dress and affectation of manner he was a nondescript aping the tawdrily and cheaply urban.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
He was vehement, and strung to wiriness with new enthusiasm; he seemed to toss the doctrines like footballs back and forth before the eyes of the people.
From Jane Field A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
