How to Use stocky in a Sentence

stocky

adjective

• That outfit makes you look stocky.
• The shark has a rounded snout, small eyes and a stocky build.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
• The stocky setup man who seems to pull the ball from his ear.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• The Taser has a stocky body to it compared to the Glock handgun.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• The overall shape of the largemouth is short, stocky, and broad.
  — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
• Tarkhil was 60 years old, with a stocky build and short grey hair.
  — Dan Xin Huang, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2020
• The leaves should be deep green, and the stem should be stocky and support the plant strongly.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• Turnspits were short and stocky, with the head of a pit bull and the body of a basset hound.
  — Andrew Amelinckx, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
• The suspect is described as 20 to 30 years of age and bald, with a stocky build.
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022
• Neanderthals were stocky and strong, with a brain about the size of our own.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2010
• The suspect is described as a black male in his 30s, 5-foot-8, with a stocky build.
  — D. Kwas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2018
• The gunman was described as about 5-foot-7 with a stocky build.
  — Emily Lane, NOLA.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• His clients describe him as about 40 years old, short and stocky.
  — Alex Perry, Newsweek, 10 June 2015
• Barrera is a stocky ex-Marine who’d grown up in the L.A. area.
  — Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
• Atkins is described as a white man with a stocky build with short gray hair.
  — Fox News, 5 Aug. 2019
• The suspect was described as white male in his 30s, about 5'7, with a stocky build.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 25 Apr. 2017
• Look for tomato plants that have dark green leaves and are short and stocky with strong stems.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2022
• Haase looks like a catcher, short and stocky with a big beard and power.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2020
• Both shared the stocky build common to those who’ve spent time behind bars.
  — Joe Sexton, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2019
• The suspect is described as a stocky white man, in his 30s to 40s, with short dark hair and a goatee.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2020
• The driver was a Black man who is about 25 to 30 years old, bald with no facial hair and has a stocky build.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 29 June 2020
• Aaron was thick, stocky and not able to fully control his body.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
• The leather boots rose about halfway up Tarra’s stocky legs.
  — Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
• The suspect was described as a stocky man with a deep voice between 35 and 40 years old.
  — Zachary Hansen, ajc, 9 June 2018
• The man was described as Indian, in his mid-20s, and stocky.
  — Julie Shaw, Philly.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• The other was described as Black, about 5-6 with a stocky build and wearing a black shirt and white pants.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 8 May 2021
• Rivers, 55, is tall and stocky, greying hair pulled into a long braid.
  — Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• Their brow ridges, large prominent noses, and stocky body plans.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2012
• The sudden ascent of the tough and stocky 63-year-old as a serious contender for the nation’s highest office caught everyone by surprise.
  — Gurcharan Das, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2019
• Here a stocky build and hooves are still more useful than wheels: with the isolationist regime, civilian cars and access to 280 miles of wild coastline were strictly forbidden.
  — Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024