thickset

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

He’s a thickset, outdoorsy-looking guy in his 50s, bearded and wearing a green hoodie featuring the Second Life Freeze Dry logo.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2019

Baker later pulled the book on the thickset right-handed reliever and realized Albers was the same size he’d been listed at for years — 6-foot-1, 225 pounds.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2017

In walk a few White House staff – sometimes they can include Kellyanne Conway or star of The Apprentice Omarosa Manigault – and then Spicer himself, short, thickset with cropped hair.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2017

That day we skirted and then entered the forest that borders Pulefen Farm, the forest of dwarfs, thickset, gnurl-limbed, ice-bearded thore-trees.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin