solid-looking
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of solid-looking
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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That’s how I stumbled upon the solid-looking brick house at 404 South Royal St. — the kind of building you might just drive past in a historic neighborhood.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2020
At 140 feet below Fourth Avenue and Spring Street, they found the remains of a prehistoric forest, including a solid-looking 3-foot tree trunk that crumbled after meeting the air.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
Pardew hasn’t thrown in the towel either, fielding forwards Hal Robson-Kanu and Jay Rodriguez in a solid-looking starting eleven.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2018
That stretched the previously solid-looking Spurs defence, and an equaliser soon followed.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2012
Then they could sec Uncle Andrew, very vague and shadowy, but getting clearer and more solid-looking all the time, just as if he were coming into focus.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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