well-proportioned
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Well proportioned, with fine dark eyes, he may be called a handsome man; but his face is made heavy by its expression of settled melancholy.
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Born of a thoroughbred English race, Well proportioned and closely knit, Neat of figure and handsome face, Always ready and always fit, Hard and wiry of limb and thew, That was the ne'er-do-well Jim Carew.
From The Man from Snowy River by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
Well proportioned and elastic as it is, it has the abundance of motherhood.
From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March
Well proportioned, for so old and ill-clad a lady, did she show to be as she sprang back from him, surprised into height, straightness and lissome lines.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
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