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
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 sheep’s owner, Ala, was a short, thickset man with green eyes.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2018
Baker later pulled the book on the thickset right-handed reliever and realized Albers was the same size he’d been listed at for years — 6-foot-1, 225 pounds.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2017
The Welshman who had spoken was a short, thickset fellow from the sappers.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
