Sentence examples for stout men from inspiring English sources

The formula is a neat one, going back to the golden age of detective fiction, when stout men in club chairs puffed on after-dinner cigars as they pondered brain-teasing puzzles involving timetables and exotic poisons.

The M.C. then spoke glowingly of the three donors of the prizes, and introduced the president of the company that makes Everglaze, the president of Catalina, and a delegation of three stout men in white linen suits from Nash.

But don't ask these greedy biznizmeni (stout men who ostentatiously park their big Bentleys on public sidewalks) to adapt their crass style to the classic spy thriller, with its reflective foreign agents, its byzantine games of intrigue and agonizing moral dilemmas.

To then be denied at the death, even by precocious brilliance, leaves stout men on their knees.

Give me a tankard of ale and a joint of beef, and the company of good, stout men, and I am contented.

This exasperated the stout man and he left.

He is a stout man, once a storied battlefield commander.

Saleh is a short, stout man, with a thick-necked demeanor and a sandpapery voice.

A stout man behind the wheel of an SUV rolls down the window as Shallal passes.

Chief Dolan, a short stout man with a wide moustache, is renowned for bumptious behavior.

The cook is a stout man with enormous smiling eyes squashed into his round cheeks.