suety
Example Sentences
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Turner, with his lumbering gait and broad, suety face, dominates the picture, seeming to personify his age and all its contradictions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2014
Into Vevey, Switzerland, for the wedding of Bulgaria's ex-King Simeon, 24, to a Spanish banking heiress, bounced Egypt's suety ex-King Farouk, 41, accompanied by second daughter Princess Fawzia, 21.
From Time Magazine Archive
Augie is so suety that on a warm day the cooler is the only place he can keep his body heat down.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out went his closest rival for leadership, suety, triple-chinned Georgy Malenkov, 55, whom the British, having seen them all, considered the ablest of the Russian leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Doctor's voice happened to be shrill and piercing, with something of the tone of the tooth-comb and tissue-paper; while the fat cook spoke in a suety, husky contralto.
From The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen
