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
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 James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
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
The man was slight of stature, but every nervous gesture bespoke wiriness.
From Midnight by Octavus Roy Cohen
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
