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

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

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

It was suety Georgy Malenkov, the Premier, who got to his feet before them, to put the finger on Comrade Beria.

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 Green Flag by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir