As a lean and gangly figure he makes impressive go forwards and is a willing defender.

A man-young by his gangly figure and the way he slouched-got out, closed the door softly, and started walking along the dirt track to the caravan site.

It featured a gangly figure, in silhouette, stalking toward the reader, with the legend, "Bat Lash.

An immense, gangly figure silhouetted against the sinking sun warned him of danger- Until he recognized the face, and saw it bore no signs of malice.

In Claude Montana's men's show, Boals was partnered by his female alter ego, Kristen McMenamy - a gangly figure with hair brutally cropped above a vulnerable, ugly-duckling face.

Her nervous way of moving constantly, combined with her braying laugh and her tall and gangly figure, often reminded her of a skittish filly.

"Great blues are good for beginning birders to identify because they're so easy to spot," said Mr. Rosgen, alluding to the heron's three-foot high gangly figure and 70-inch wingspan.

The gangly figure with the flowing gray hair and beard was unmistakably Elminster, but Morala had never seen anything quite like the scenery in the field of vision afforded by her scrying spell.

A gangly, awkward figure, he was a much-admired tackler and was also quick going forward and occasionally scored vital goals.

A tall, gangly figure, he felt as worn and bent as the stone about him, and no less vulnerable to time.