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In Game 5, Delle Donne moved chunkily in the paint and did not possess the graceful rhythm of the league’s first 50-40-90 player, but she still scored 21 points on 8-for-16 shooting.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019

And what makes it extra chunkily lovely is that Frozen In Time is such a British book and shares so much of its British spirit with Blue Peter.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2010

American graphics have colonized the wardrobes of the world with the chunkily rendered names of New York boroughs, and the logos of baseball teams and colleges.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is nothing light or graceful about him when he stands chunkily on his own two feet, but on a horse he looks as well as any man could wish to look.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best horse stands from fourteen hands to fourteen two, and is chunkily built.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward