How to Use stubby in a Sentence

stubby

adjective

• My dog has a short stubby tail.
• With that stubby front bumper, this thing looks ready to climb walls.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 July 2020
• Three pedals on the floor and a stubby shifter between the seats.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2020
• My chef’s knives were too stubby to span the cabbage’s width.
  — Betsy Andrews, Bon Appétit, 2 June 2022
• Still, there's one part of the short clip that shows its stubby stature when the Subie enters a dark cave.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2022
• If the nail looks short and stubby, the cat has been keeping up with its nails enough on its own.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
• Pheasants have stubby wings and have to work hard to get their bodies off the ground.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 3 Jan. 2024
• My arms and legs looked stubby while my neck looked long and skinny.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
• The styling can't hide the awkwardly tall decklid or the stubby front end.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 8 Oct. 2020
• When can the pods and old stubby frond portions be removed?
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• The stubby new model was designed not for style, but rather to keep the sun out of players’ eyes.
  — John Lingan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2021
• Both species are sausage-shaped, with eight stubby legs clustered in their front third.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2012
• The new car looks larger and boxier than the Bolt, with a longer, less stubby front end.
  — Daniel Golson, Car and Driver, 21 May 2019
• Kurt Cobain covered his short, stubby nails in glossy red.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2021
• They are often recognized for their short, stubby tail and the tufts of fur on their cheeks.
  — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2018
• The land was undeveloped and dense with shrubs and stubby trees.
  — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• The vehicle is short in length, stubby, and looks like a cute toy but not too far off from a Smart Fortwo.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
• The balding singer with a stubby moustache and sequined blazer slid across the stage.
  — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020
• The short, stubby lens gives you a perspective that is more than 180 degrees.
  — Charlie Fripp, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2023
• Which is a good thing, because the stubby CS is not a casual drift machine like the new M3.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 29 June 2021
• The outfitter takes a look, tracing the route with a stubby pencil.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 5 Oct. 2018
• Tail feathers will be short and wing feathers will be stubby.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021
• Full-length hind wings are folded and concealed beneath the stubby front wings.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 6 July 2020
• Wearing a helmet and wetsuit, Thomas aimed his stubby surfboard at the center of what’s known as the Beaver Wave and leaped in.
  — David Kelly, latimes.com, 27 June 2018
• The wines themselves are presented as 1 ounce pours in stubby stemware.
  — Chris MacIas, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2018
• Their small, stubby bills are meant for picking up insects and seeds, not for chopping.
  — Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
• Fact: Humanity’s only flaw is the weird pinkie toe with the stubby nail.
  — Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Tardigrades have long, plump bodies and eight stubby legs.
  — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2019
• There are rhyming forms all over the canvas: triangles, crescents, spiky starbursts and tongues, stubby fingers and egg-like heads with open mouths.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• More recent evidence found that the dinosaur might have had stubby legs and a paddle-like tail and lived in or around water instead.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024