stockier
- comparative of stocky.
Example Sentences
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Down the status and stature yardstick are the shorter, stockier Mediterranean fan palm as well as the jelly palm, whose fruit lives up to the name.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
A study of 170 Ironman contestants found tall, leggy runners performed better in warm climates, while shorter, stockier people had the upper hand in colder temperatures.
From BBC • May 11, 2023
Dr. Scherer is shorter and stockier, with hair pulled into a ponytail and a beard that dusts his chin with gray.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022
He was built like an uncle, stockier than everybody in the cabin.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022
John and I look pretty similar, although he's grown a little stockier from long days at the plant.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
