statuesque

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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

The drawings emphasize the allegorical side of Ahab’s monomaniacal hunt, fixing the characters in expressive, statuesque postures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Hardest look Blount: Building some of the more statuesque wigs with cages and creating hair origami to add to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 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

I’d always thought she was statuesque goddess height, at least five ten, but she was more like five five.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin