Translations for „gangling“ in the English » German Dictionary

gan·gling [ˈgæŋglɪŋ] ADJ

gangling

schlaksig

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As in our own lives this sometimes seems to happen in an instant -- how did that grandchild who was an infant so recently become the gangling teenager he is today?

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Huge green feet with long gangling toes, so long they have to lift them high off the ground every time it takes a step, which results in a comical gait.

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One particular boulevard planting included tomatoes grown on five-foot steel stakes, two large rhododendrons and some gangling perennials that flopped onto the roadway.

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His tall and gangling physique and trademark ponytail make him instantly recognizable to employees and customers.

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Our community has witnessed countless young men of character mature from nervous, gangling and hopeful teenagers to confident, contributing and determined young men.

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But he graduates from hunched-over, gangling gormlessness to experimental swagger with an amusing and touching finesse.

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We spy on a cluster of gangling teenage boys rewinding the nude scenes in the slasher movie they sit watching in someone's living room.

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Everybody liked the casting decision and yet the arrival of this gangling, 6ft 3in actor would soon cause a whole new raft of tensions.

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Then he steps up to the microphone and extending a gangling leg, kicks off an alarmingly strong set.

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His customary role was that of a gangling and effete - and sometimes effeminate - dandy.

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