thickset
Example Sentences
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Jayden — who had grown thickset, with curly black hair and a pigeon-toed waddle — needed new socks and sippy cups.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022
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 ● Dec. 3, 2020
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
The last housegirl, brought by a relative of Gabriel’s, was thickset and had arrived clutching a duffel bag.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
