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

At first the laborer-teachers do little except work, sleep and eat, while suety muscles harden.

From Time Magazine Archive

It rains all the time; the cooking is miserable� nothing but mutton, tea, suety puddings�and, good lord, the beer is served warm.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fat besides being white should be firm, and suety, and never moist.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson