stubby

Example Sentences

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These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

He skins Walking Mushrooms with care, tosses their stubby feet into a hot pot with an eye for balance and umami.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

He found a scrap of paper and a stubby pencil and pulled them out.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon