heavyset
adjective
heavy·set
ˌhe-vē-ˈset 
: stocky and compact and sometimes tending to stoutness in build
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Examples of heavyset in a Sentence
has the heavyset build of a weight lifter
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Joaquín Guzmán Lopez appeared heavyset, with thick stubble on his jowls.
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Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
The people skewed middle-aged and heavyset, sporting an infinite array of merch, predominantly store-bought and Sphere-specific, as opposed to the D.I.Y. parking-lot goods of yore.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
The suspect was described as heavyset Black man with a beard.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
He’s described as Hispanic and heavyset in his late teens or 20s.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
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Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
The people skewed middle-aged and heavyset, sporting an infinite array of merch, predominantly store-bought and Sphere-specific, as opposed to the D.I.Y. parking-lot goods of yore.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
The suspect was described as heavyset Black man with a beard.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
He’s described as Hispanic and heavyset in his late teens or 20s.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
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heavyset
adjective
heavy·set
ˌhev-ē-ˈset
: stocky
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: stout entry 1 sense 4
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