stout
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Matt McCoppin said he would try the stout "in a heartbeat", while Natalia Nowacka admitted she would be nervous, but still couldn't resist the opportunity.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Churchill was a short, stout, luxury-loving aristocrat, while de Gaulle was a tall, angular ascetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
After a stout display of Irish defending, Wales landed some big hits on the hosts at the other end before Crowley darted through a gap for a well-taken try that he failed to convert.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, cut its sales outlook and slashed shareholder payouts Wednesday, as its new chief executive seeks to revive the struggling drinks group.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The shape of the letters on my father’s, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
Alcohol-free beer: Today, lagers, stouts and ales can all be found in non-alcoholic form.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Originally, the addition of lactose to beer was largely limited to what were called milk stouts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
American brewing excels at extremes, delivering brawny stouts and I.P.A.s as well as nonalcoholic beers that are growing in quality and sales.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
"Some stouts are sweeter; some are a little lighter."
From O+F by John Moncure Wetterau
Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Some snakes, such as boa constrictors, had long, slender upright teeth, whereas others, such as king snakes, had shorter, stouter, and more curved ones.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 4, 2024
The researchers suspect physical activity changes levels of brain chemicals related to mood, such as dopamine and serotonin, and reduces inflammation throughout the body and brain, contributing physiologically to stouter mental health.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
Indy has one of the league’s top offensive lines, a strong ground game that proved it could win last season and an improving defense that will get even stouter with Buckner’s arrival.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2020
Mama was a short woman— a little stouter than she liked to admit—who wheezed and got a red face when she had to climb steps.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
On X, formerly Twitter, Elbridge Colby, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence in the Trump administration, wrote that Japan and India "are two of our very stoutest and important allies".
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
Grover Stewart and the Colts have been one of the stoutest run defenses in the NFL.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022
Now he was being thrust into 70 snaps against one of the Pac-12’s stoutest interiors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
The Bills have one of the league’s stoutest defensive fronts and rank second in the A.F.C. against the rush, limiting opponents to 80.4 yards per game.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2014
They had heard enough about Efrafa to daunt the stoutest heart.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing stout
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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"The First Day of School," Vocabulary from the short story
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