statuesque

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Eden Bower, a statuesque young woman, aspires to stardom on the stage; her real name is Edna Bowers—“her father sold farming machinery in Huntington, Illinois.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Once again, it was weakness at set-pieces that proved fatal for West Ham as Dominguez met Elliot Anderson's corner with a looping header that dropped into the far corner while the Hammers defence stood statuesque.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Nevertheless, she remains as statuesque and merciless as Weaver was onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Worse was to come two minutes later when Lisandro Martinez's routine long ball caught City's defence inexplicably statuesque.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

She was a statuesque woman nearing middle age, her fine body covered with a black leather overcoat that glistened with mist.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole