Example Sentences

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A stockily built man’s pants sag below his waist when he stands to take a document from a court official.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019

Seattle resident Dugdale, stockily built but feather-light on his feet, has performed the extended solo every year with Earshot since 2006.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2013

Cox was stockily built, with an owlish face accentuated by glasses.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2010

Pictured as tall and stringy by most outsiders, the average Australian is of medium height and stockily built.

From Time Magazine Archive

A stockily built young Negro, who introduced himself as Bill Williams, asked if I minded having him sit beside me.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin