stumpy

Example Sentences

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Kerewin is a memorable heroine, a chain-smoking, stumpy, frizzy-haired genius of a woman who can outfight, outfish and outwit anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

The palm-sized creatures have silky golden locks, no eyes, a stumpy tail and flipper-like hands.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

An herbivore that was loosely related to horses, the statue looked something like a horse with stumpy snout.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2023

He reached into Hideg’s stash of percussion instruments and kept rhythm on cowbell and a set of stumpy sticks called claves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Mister Brannon held out his white, stumpy hands and balanced them like they was on scales.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers