heavyset

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

On a recent flight to London, the heavyset Puech squeezed into a middle seat on EasyJet, the famously low-budget European airline, according to people close to him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 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

His physical description matched that of the ogreish man who had rushed out of her house shortly before she disappeared: He was 6-foot-4 and heavyset.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

The second Russian officer, gray-haired and heavyset, spoke to us in broken Farsi.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini