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

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

Alas, for two months now, the suety onetime strongman has been sweating it out in a Florida jail, while his lawyers try to arrange bail on extradition charges.

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

"Ay, sir, you have it theer—you have it theer!" said the fat, red-faced publican, in a thick, suety voice.

From The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir