1872, Mark Twain, , chapter VIII should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't
1917, Jack London, , chapter XVA rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation‎, page 34Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.
2011, October 15, Owen Phillips, Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham, Crouch The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post.
