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How to pronounce heavyset in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms compact, stocky, thick, thickset


he was tall and heavyset.

Examples of heavyset

heavyset
Duke, a large, heavyset man in a dark pullover coat got angry and turned around.
From the heraldtribune.com
He is described as 5 feet 11 inches, heavyset, with short brown hair, Gray said.
From the sltrib.com
A heavyset breathless man, he too carried papers that crinkled like ancient maps.
From the latimes.com
He is described as being between 5-foot-2 and 5-5 and heavyset with a pudgy face.
From the freep.com
He was described as Latino, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and heavyset.
From the signonsandiego.com
He aimed the .38 at the heavyset teenager sitting shotgun, barely three feet away.
From the sacbee.com
The other man, also black, was heavyset and shorter at about 5 feet 7 inches tall.
From the al.com
Lying quietly strapped to a gurney, the bald, heavyset Hallford appeared calm.
From the sacbee.com
The offender was described as a heavyset white or hispanic man, 6 feet to 6-foot-3.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • Compact: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
  • Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight