stocky
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Born in 1860 in the rural northwest of Pennsylvania, Frisbee was a stocky, mustached man with many strings to his bow.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Ron, a New Yorker from Long Island, was Vince’s stocky, tattooed business partner.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Architect Paul R. Williams’ Guardian Angel Cathedral, which opened in the city in 1963, is cited as a design influence, as are the singular stocky trunk baobab trees of the African savanna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Police had previously released several grainy videos of the potential suspect whom the FBI described as a 5’8” man with a stocky build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
He was about eleven, she guessed, a stocky, strong-looking boy, ginger-haired.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
While there were still slender, wolf-like dogs, there were also many with shorter snouts and wider, stockier heads.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
“In contrast, the great white shark, with a stocky body that becomes even stockier as it grows, can be 'large' but cannot pass 23 feet to be 'gigantic' because of hydrodynamic constraints.”
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
Down the status and stature yardstick are the shorter, stockier Mediterranean fan palm as well as the jelly palm, whose fruit lives up to the name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
At 6 feet and 215 pounds, Zappe is a stockier quarterback who lacks the ideal frame but has been lauded for his “intangibles” and mental makeup.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
Charlie was built like the twins, shorter and stockier than Percy and Ron, who were both long and lanky.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
On paper, Iran's need for parts could be a boon for salvage firms and any second-hand stockiest who have had unwanted bits of the oldest types used by Iran accumulating dust for years.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2013
But when in flats, to be again transplanted, the soil for the first sowing will be better for having no manure in it, the idea being to get the hardest, stockiest growth possible.
From Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell
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