Example sentences for: lithe

How can you use “lithe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This proved that no middle-aged woman should stand next to a tall, lithe, blond, virtually naked actress.

  • My objection to the form of the reference is that its wording suggests, “there is more information about the etymology of lento to be found under lithe ,” but that does not actually turn out to be the case: all the user has learned is that lento and lithe are (or might be) cognates.

  • But if you look up the etymology for lithe you discover only that the original form of that word ( lithe in Old English) is “akin to.

  • In the event, why not just say “cogn: lithe ” under lento and the reverse under lithe ? (This latter piece of information is unaccountably lacking.)

  • The ingenue, the straight man, she is lithe and funny in her own right.


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