wiry - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • coat: General Physical Description The Wirehaired Vizsla a medium sized, solid colored, active dog with a harsh, wiry coat.
  • grass: The only vegetation it supports is a covering of wiry grasses " .
  • frame: Nattie couldn't tell who it was or even how old he was- his wiry frame was swathed in a long dark cloak.
  • man: Instead there was a group of small wiry men wearing baseball caps emblazoned with the initials of a private security firm.
  • figure: Clutching both, tightly, in my eight year old hands, I shuffled shyly toward the wiry figure waiting for his executive cases.
  • arm: He loosened his shirt, exposing a wiry arm.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: The slender rather wiry plant has light grey-green narrow leaves.
  • very: The branches are very wiry and slender with long slender dark green leaves.

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