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
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
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
The man was slight of stature, but every nervous gesture bespoke wiriness.
From Midnight by Octavus Roy Cohen
There was a wiriness about her every movement which argued, if not actual robustness, the elasticity of bending and not breaking before the stresses of life.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Harold M. Brett
