stubby

Example Sentences

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These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

My short, stubby toes curl into each other, sprouting from my fat foot.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

A stubby flutter of greenery at a gas station, and a lofty palm behind an IHOP.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Her hair was yanked back in a stubby ponytail, with lots of frizz around the edges.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds