Examples of thickset in a Sentence
a short, thickset bulldog
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The thickset Armand Assante was a phlegmatic Odysseus, but Greta Scacchi, as Penelope—who has so little to say in the poem—became the physical embodiment of anger, and Isabella Rossellini was a teasing Athena.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Even though thickset Mandarin characters on every wall extolled the virtues of the Chinese Dream, Xi Jinping's campaign to rejuvenate Chinese nationalism, the town had a frontier feel, as if Beijing's hawkeyed gaze hadn't yet crept over the moonscape mountains.
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Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Feb. 2025
The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.
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Jamie Quatro,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels.
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Andrew Wendler,
Car and Driver,
8 Aug. 2023
And, with two big interior pockets, protective metal feet, and thickset handles, your luggage can accommodate everything this lifestyle entails.
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Irene Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2023
The thickset prison administrator, known as Bawar to his friends, had been keenly aware that the prison was vulnerable to assault.
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Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2022
The hotel's two restaurants, an offshoot of the Beefbar, and Biancaneve, are awash with more banquettes upholstered in colorful cozy fabrics arranged around thickset wood tables, a nod to the hotel's Alpine location.
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Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2022
Julia's grandmother Zora was short and thickset and typical of the women of her generation in that her days consisted of brief breaks between cooking and cleaning—if not grocery shopping or preparing a meal, she could be found scrubbing the Khrushchyovka apartment with great fa- naticism.
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Ew Staff,
EW.com,
4 May 2021
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Even though thickset Mandarin characters on every wall extolled the virtues of the Chinese Dream, Xi Jinping's campaign to rejuvenate Chinese nationalism, the town had a frontier feel, as if Beijing's hawkeyed gaze hadn't yet crept over the moonscape mountains.
—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Feb. 2025
The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.
—
Jamie Quatro,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels.
—
Andrew Wendler,
Car and Driver,
8 Aug. 2023
And, with two big interior pockets, protective metal feet, and thickset handles, your luggage can accommodate everything this lifestyle entails.
—
Irene Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2023
The thickset prison administrator, known as Bawar to his friends, had been keenly aware that the prison was vulnerable to assault.
—
Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2022
The hotel's two restaurants, an offshoot of the Beefbar, and Biancaneve, are awash with more banquettes upholstered in colorful cozy fabrics arranged around thickset wood tables, a nod to the hotel's Alpine location.
—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2022
Julia's grandmother Zora was short and thickset and typical of the women of her generation in that her days consisted of brief breaks between cooking and cleaning—if not grocery shopping or preparing a meal, she could be found scrubbing the Khrushchyovka apartment with great fa- naticism.
—
Ew Staff,
EW.com,
4 May 2021
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“Thickset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thickset. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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thickset
adjective
thick·set
ˈthik-ˈset 
1
: closely placed or planted
2
: of short stout build : stocky
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