stout

Example Sentences

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Since their fight, “Mount Hood had been afraid, while St. Helens, having a stout heart, still burns.”

From Literature

I follow him to our darkened compartment, which is already occupied by three sleeping soldiers, a stout nun, and an irritable hen.

From Literature

"Interior, again, some big stout guys that can really push the pocket."

From Barron's

Cleveland relies on its stout defense, but that unit didn’t show up in Week 15 against Chicago, surrendering 31 points.

From Los Angeles Times

I cruised into the little town of Clifden at a stout 125 kilometers per hour on a narrow two-lane road just as Storm Bram was ravaging Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

From Salon