Example Sentences

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This got matters nowhere but the franc was partly brought down from cultural clouds by new Finance Minister Vincent Auriol, a dumpily determined figure with a wagging forefinger in debate.

From Time Magazine Archive

In an ugly mortgaged home in the London suburb of West Baling, he shares teatime monosyllables with his dumpily comfortable wife Katie.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was, indeed, not beautiful: her face was fat and broad, like her husband's; a short, ungraceful nose, and a little, nobbly chin; a thick neck, set dumpily on her marble shoulders.

From Orientations by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Her high-laced mountain boots were heavy and shapeless, and she climbed here and there, and stood dumpily and stared down at Jack's beloved woods through her amber glasses until she nearly drove him frantic.

From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.

Milt and Claire sat dumpily on the back porch, regarding scenery which featured of seven tin cans, a broken patent washing-machine, and a rheumatic pear tree.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair