heavyset

adjective

heavy·set ˌhe-vē-ˈset

Synonyms of heavyset next

: stocky and compact and sometimes tending to stoutness in build

Examples of heavyset in a Sentence

has the heavyset build of a weight lifter

Recent Examples on the Web In the package that the district attorney sent to Hathaway, there was a grainy surveillance video of one of the previous attacks, which showed a heavyset white man approaching a man sleeping on the sidewalk, spraying him with a large canister and walking quickly away as the man writhed in pain. —

Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023 One, just over five feet tall and heavyset, was struggling to run fast, Malkit Singh said. —

Evan Hill, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023 Public appearances show Shafer to be taller and more heavyset than that, and with gray hair and brown eyes. —

Amy Gardner, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023 Tall and heavyset, Heuermann towered over the law enforcement officers who now surrounded him. —

Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 July 2023 The sewer opened into a stretch of roadside shanty-shops, where a heavyset young man was waiting—G-Pep’s third-in-command. —

Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 The man is described as dark-skinned in his 30s, heavyset with short black curly hair. —

Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022 Detectives had yet to formally identify the suspect but said the suspect was a Hispanic male, heavyset, with a patchy beard and dark complexion. —

Jeremy Yurow, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022 The five-passenger two-row electric SUV is heavyset, hitting the scales at 5819 pounds, almost 100 pounds heavier than our long-term Ram 1500. —

Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023 See More

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