stubby
Example Sentences
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“They’re snitches,” he said, raising a stubby thermal scope to one eye.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
"Its stubby little arms with only one row of suckers set it apart from most octopus we are familiar with," Voight said.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
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
A stubby flutter of greenery at a gas station, and a lofty palm behind an IHOP.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
The way American newspapers caricatured his portly build and bald head, portraying him like some stubby supervillain sprung from the pages of one of their ludicrous comic books.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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