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Recent Examples of heavyset Abdullah was a heavyset smoker in his early seventies who had already suffered a heart attack, and Burdick was among the most experienced emergency doctors in the country. Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024 Joaquín Guzmán Lopez appeared heavyset, with thick stubble on his jowls. 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 See All Example Sentences for heavyset
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavyset
Adjective
  • Surrounded by one of the league’s most talented rosters, the 22-year-old has everything a first-year starter could ask for: World-class play-caller, stout offensive line, talented skill position players and sole control over the starting role.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 31 July 2025
  • The other new veteran cornerback, Jack Jones, got work in 11-on-11 drills and had stout coverage on at least one play.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • Prior to the arrival of police at the site of the deadly stabbing, a stocky bald man and a thin woman wearing her hair in a ponytail — both described as possibly homeless — were seen leaving the area in separate directions.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • The priest was an Assyrian monk, a stocky, bushy-bearded man with long black hair; the girl looked to be about 11.
    John Jeremiah Sullivan James Patrick Cronin Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During early October’s harvest, when golden Chasselas grapes are at their plump and juicy peak, explore medieval villages and 10th-century stone walls on foot, like on a 6.8-mile hike from St. Saphorin to Lutry, and visit cellars aboard the Lavaux Express train.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 18 July 2025
  • Ripe cherries should be large and plump, while undersized cherries likely need more time to mature.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.
    Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels.
    Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
Adjective
  • Hank’s son Bobby is no longer a husky middle-schooler, but a 21-year-old running his own Japanese-German fusion restaurant in Dallas, for instance.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
  • The 2006 adventure film revolves around a team of husky sled dogs struggling to survive in Antarctica after a devastating snowstorm—and Ilardi quickly realized that Atlas was paying attention.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025

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“Heavyset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavyset. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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