1 She was a brown little creature, with skinny legs like a bird and a myriad of pigtails carefully wrapped with twine sticking stiffly out from her head.
2 Her recent graduation from a skinny pickaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.
3 Grandma in particular was devoted to Ellen and there were very few people in the County for whom the old lady gave a snap of her skinny fingers.
4 Today, in reeking early August, she wore a man's cap, a skinny fur like a dead cat, a necklace of imitation pearls, a scabrous satin blouse, and a thick cloth skirt hiked up in front.
5 She raised her skinny hand as if in truth she had fluttered off the pavement on the impulse of the moment to the just rage of authority.
6 'It is cold, Nancy dear,' said the Jew, as he warmed his skinny hands over the fire.
7 Laying his skinny forefinger upon his lip, the Jew carried a candle to the door, as a man's step was heard upon the stairs without.
8 If at least the people were visible so you could see them; but they are such a skinny, thin race.
9 In the middle of the game, the officers saw some wagons approaching with fifteen hussars on their skinny horses behind them.
10 The general in charge of the stores galloped after the carriage with a red and frightened face, whipping up his skinny horse.