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US
/ˈhɛviˌsɛt/
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ADJECTIVE
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having a short and solid form or stature
stocky legs
a thickset young man
he was tall and heavyset
a wrestler of compact build
How To Use heavyset In A Sentence
- As Jake ducked under the crime scene tape a tall, heavyset man with grey hair accosted him.
- He is heavyset, with bushy mustache and eyebrows, and decades of somber repression imprinted on his face.
- She was a heavyset woman with a plain green dress, an apron and a head scarf.
- She issues world-weary, no-nonsense wisdom as she tries, repeatedly, to convince heavyset Deb that bigger is better.
- With the exception of the barmaids, the occupants of the tavern were men, the majority of them heavyset and tough-looking.
- It was difficult - he was heavyset, head and shoulders taller than me, with dark hair and eyes.
- He was a heavyset man with medium brown hair and a pale, almost pasty complexion.
- The shooter, described as a heavyset man in his 20s, vanished into an alley. A Murder In The Family
- She's a heavyset woman, now in her sixties with pure white hair and too much lipstick.
- “Them some bad bitches,” a heavyset dark-skinned sistah wearing frizzy-looking cornrows said, jumping from her seat, dropping the Detroit newspaper. Show Stoppah