stocky

Example Sentences

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Architect Paul R. Williams’ Guardian Angel Cathedral, which opened in the city in 1963, is cited as a design influence, as are the singular stocky trunk baobab trees of the African savanna.

From Los Angeles Times

Qualifications: experience working with children, stocky build, own big, white beard an advantage.

From BBC

Police had previously released several grainy videos of the potential suspect whom the FBI described as a 5’8” man with a stocky build.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first was described as of medium to stocky build and was wearing a white cap, black jacket, light-coloured trousers and black trainers.

From BBC

The stocky build had dwindled to slimness, the thick silver hair tinted black, and the distinctive Ashton nose altered with putty, but those dark and penetrating eyes would be impossible to mistake.

From Literature