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

The educational piece required two children, one heavyset and one thin.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 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 spinster, about forty years old, she always wore a scarf on her head, tied beneath the chin, even during class, and she spoke with a slow, careful Appalachian accent.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston