heavyset

Example Sentences

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And maybe, U.S. officials thought, there could be a way to help a heavyset 71-year-old head of state interested in shedding some pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

One heavyset man on a bottom bunk held out a little open box and shook its contents.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2025

He is heavyset and tall, and he uses his physicality to project strength in front of crowds.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2024

A tall, heavyset, soft-spoken Black man, always in a black winter coat no matter the season, he lived under the public gaze for years with no address, shifting from one bus shelter to another.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

One of the ministers, a heavyset African American man dressed in a dark suit with a large cross around his neck, walked over to me.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson