chunkiness

Example Sentences

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All of the things that make him an unlikely ingénue — the flop sweat, the slight chunkiness, the desire to pass for a cute foodie — click into place.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Add the butter and milk or cream, and mash with a potato masher or fork until they reach desired chunkiness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2022

The value of the shoes in the secondhand marketplace—the price tag on their clout—was about fifteen hundred dollars, a function of both their scarcity and their modish chunkiness.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2019

The specimen is a few millimeters in length, but it’s easy to make out the chunkiness of its thorax and the proud shape of its wings.

From The Verge • Jan. 16, 2018

His chunkiness suggests a fat, middle-aged Episcopal rector, but it is impossible to see either his face or his vestments.

From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)