thickset

Example Sentences

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They were both short and thickset, a completely different build from us.

From Literature

Two boys—tall, thickset teens—trailed behind her, clad in threadbare suits, looking bored and sullen.

From Literature

Our laughter pierced the thickset quiet, as seemingly the whole neighborhood had opted for the comfort of the indoors that evening.

From Salon

Vinterberg also makes excellent use of Mikkelsen’s own past as a dancer, mining the incongruously fluid body language of a tall, thickset man with a jaw that seems carved out of lead.

From New York Times

The same small quick eyes, the same thickset imperturbable body; the same schedules.

From The Guardian