Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "slank" is: grasieus dun en lank, dikwels met lang ledemate wat ongemaklik of buite verhouding met die res van die liggaam lyk.
Two lanky men made a break for it, charging the line of uniformed men, shouting about their constitutional rights.
It lumbered towards me, back hunched while lanky and muscular arms dragged along the floor.
Padrake, the tall lanky man with the silly moustache?
He took the ear buds out of his ears and stood up, unfolding his long, lanky body in a graceful move that should have been illegal in its beauty.
I recalled the first time I saw Abit, a lanky kid nervously pacing around the front of the store, afraid the new owner would throw out his chair and ban him from his perch near the door.
A tall, lanky boy in a plain linen robe appeared from a door underneath the staircase that led to the second floor.
Already hundreds of people were milling towards the massive gold doors that stood at least twice as tall as even the considerably lanky Hawke, and we wasted no time in queuing up behind them to enter.
Colin was a long, lanky guy with dark hair that swiped across his forehead, and a freckled face that always seemed to be smiling.
The newcomer was tall and lean with the sun-streaked blond hair and lanky build of a surfer.
Surely, he was better than this filthy vagabond, with his skinny arms and ridiculous, lanky frame.
