Like the rest of them, he had grown very lean.
Yes, we who were fat grew lean as trek oxen at the end of winter.
He grew taller and leaner and continued to be a very good student.
"One hardly expects, when traveling with a hearthcrafter, to grow lean in the process."
I grew lean as leather, and hard as the handle of my spear.
Our bodies grew lean from want and hard from the rigors of the trail.
But now the gold still glitters, the men have not grown lean with age nor know of bitterness or regret.
Normally it could take care of itself, but no doubt the pickings had grown lean of late.
Each year it grows a little leaner here.
Guillermo looks as if he have grown lean.