At times he ran across Stephen in London, and exchanged a word or a bow with him, and had noticed that he was looking better and sleeker, and less pale-more flourishing in fact, than he had done for some time.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
"It is all over with him," muttered the old woman, "and the one I called Rameses is sleeker than ever.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The very reindeer might be possessed by evil spirits,-they were certainly much sleeker and finer than the ordinary run of such animals.
"Thelma"
Marie Corelli