suety

Example Sentences

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Turner, with his lumbering gait and broad, suety face, dominates the picture, seeming to personify his age and all its contradictions.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2014

Out went his closest rival for leadership, suety, triple-chinned Georgy Malenkov, 55, whom the British, having seen them all, considered the ablest of the Russian leaders.

From Time Magazine Archive

It rains all the time; the cooking is miserable� nothing but mutton, tea, suety puddings�and, good lord, the beer is served warm.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a flick of one suety hip, the most sensational new basquetbolista in the hemisphere feinted his opponent out of his socks and drove in for the layup.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ay, sir, you have it theer—you have it theer!" said the fat, red-faced publican, in a thick, suety voice.

From The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir