thickset

Example Sentences

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At 68, Luttig is ruddy-faced and thickset in a way that might be expected from a man who has a home in Vail but doesn’t ski.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

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

In walk a few White House staff – sometimes they can include Kellyanne Conway or star of The Apprentice Omarosa Manigault – and then Spicer himself, short, thickset with cropped hair.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2017

Two boys—tall, thickset teens—trailed behind her, clad in threadbare suits, looking bored and sullen.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell