thickset

Example Sentences

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Jayden — who had grown thickset, with curly black hair and a pigeon-toed waddle — needed new socks and sippy cups.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

Vinterberg also makes excellent use of Mikkelsen’s own past as a dancer, mining the incongruously fluid body language of a tall, thickset man with a jaw that seems carved out of lead.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020

He’s a thickset, outdoorsy-looking guy in his 50s, bearded and wearing a green hoodie featuring the Second Life Freeze Dry logo.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2019

Like its owner, the sheep was thickset and close shaven.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2018

A thickset young man in a plaid shirt got out of the passenger side and gestured for Salvador and Lupita to come up to the car.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty