: the form or structure of an animal's body and especially a human body : bodily makeup
Examples of physique in a Sentence
she had a well-toned physique
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In Los Angeles, Jeremy Allen White enjoys a shirtless hike, while in Turks and Caicos, Kylie Jenner shows off her summer physique in a teeny bikini.
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People Staff, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The veteran actor said years spent trying to sculpt the perfect leading-man physique have left him dealing with serious physical consequences decades later.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
—Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
The evolutionary pressure to maintain a lean physique for survival, such as avoiding predators like a hungry lion, has largely disappeared.
—Kim Pfotenhauer, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
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People Staff, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The veteran actor said years spent trying to sculpt the perfect leading-man physique have left him dealing with serious physical consequences decades later.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
—Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
The evolutionary pressure to maintain a lean physique for survival, such as avoiding predators like a hungry lion, has largely disappeared.
—Kim Pfotenhauer, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for physique
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“Physique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physique. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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physique
noun
phy·sique
fə-ˈzēk 
: the build of a person's body
Medical Definition
physique
noun
phy·sique
fə-ˈzēk
: the form or structure of a person's body : bodily makeup
a muscular physique
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