stout
Example Sentences
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The Browns are stout on defense, but the 49ers are getting healthier offensively and should take care of business on the road.
From Los Angeles Times
But the Trojan walk-on was totally neutralized by Oregon’s stout defensive front.
From Los Angeles Times
The Colts have an outstanding running game, a stout offensive line, and a quarterback in Daniel Jones who has reinvented himself.
From Los Angeles Times
The Colts were tested by a stout Arizona Cardinals defense last week but still put up 31 points in a comeback victory, Jones saying it was the kind of challenge that only improves the team.
From Barron's
More importantly, “Unabridged” is a stout defense of the craft of making dictionaries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
