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
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 Buck, Charles Neville
Jimmy was not large for his age, and his rather slight figure disguised a wiriness that an antagonist of his size would have found extraordinary.
From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]
He had been inclined to be a little stout when she first saw him, but now he had that muscular wiriness which comes with hard physical work—and clean living.
From A Woman's Place by Clifton, Mark
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 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
