thickset

Example Sentences

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At 68, Luttig is ruddy-faced and thickset in a way that might be expected from a man who has a home in Vail but doesn’t ski.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

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

The last housegirl, brought by a relative of Gabriel’s, was thickset and had arrived clutching a duffel bag.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie