thickset

Example Sentences

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At 68, Luttig is ruddy-faced and thickset in a way that might be expected from a man who has a home in Vail but doesn’t ski.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

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

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

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

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2020

He was thickset and grizzled, dressed in a heavy rancher’s coat that had seen its share of labor.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead