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lank

[langk] / læŋk /


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His clean-cropped hair has grown out lank and shaggy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Her hair is lank, unwashed, and she hides herself in oversized clothes.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2022

“He looks convincingly ancient, with lank white hair and stubbly beard, and he performs with the creaky, painful movements of a weary, stiff-jointed old man.”

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

“A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,//A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl//Make him the quaint great figure that men love,//The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.”

From Fox News • Feb. 13, 2019

The king nodded, his lank hair swaying beside his pale cheeks.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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