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How to use beefy in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective

Beefy means similar to, or tasting like beef. Example: “The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.”

Examples of beefy by meaning

adjectiveContaining beef.

  • The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties.2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “McDonald’s is finally selling the Chicken Big Mac in the US”, in CNN

adjectiveStrong or muscular.

  • The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.
  • Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body.1991, Etienne, “In Enemy Hands”, in Drummer, number 151, page 32

adjectiveLarge; overweight; fat.

  • Grumping indignantly, he said, "By ginger, a nice blanky thing to lose a good job and risk being dam' near killed by Peabody for a beefy married woman.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82

adjectiveSturdy; robust.

  • The software slows down even a beefy computer.
  • “The beefiest part of Saturday evening’s meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi may well have been the local sirloin served for dinner,” Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, wrote to clients on Monday.2018 December 3, Matt Egan, “Dow rises 288 points on US-China trade ceasefire”, in CNN

More sentences with beefy

  • Of course, you’ll want to have a fairly beefy PC to render this impeccable lighting.2023 February 23, Antonio G. Di Benedetto, “You can now play the original Half-Life with beautiful beams of ray-traced light”, in The Verge. From the entry forumgoer
  • The red, mostly merlot but with dollops of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc, is berryish, beefy, concentrated and soft.2009 August 23, Howard G. Goldberg, “The Nautical Spirit”, in New York Times. From the entry berryish
  • Anyhow, hunters are a brave lot of men to face such large chances of death, as brave as beefy footballists.1913, American Medicine, volume 19, page 773. From the entry footballist
  • As someone who would gladly die smothered in Daniel Dae Kim's beefy mommy milkers, the desexualization of Asian men completely truly befuddles me.[2021 September 9, Jennifer Li, “A Japanese Man Was Hollywood's First Sex Symbol So Stop Emasculating Our Asian Leading Men”, in…. From the entry mommy milker
  • A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft). From the entry scrambled egg
  • But if you’re tired of the standard greasy, cheesy, dippy, beefy, hot-doggy, doughy fare associated with football watching, let me lay a scrumptious alternative on you.2011 February 4, Sam Venable, “What? The game is still live?”, in Friday News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., page A4, column 1. From the entry hot-doggy
  • The button was a bit awkward for some people's thumbs - big, beefy thumbs found it on the small side, while long, elegant nails found it rather scrabbly.1966, Which?, page 196. From the entry scrabbly

Meaning of beefy

  1. adjective Similar to, or tasting like beef.
  2. adjective Containing beef.
  3. adjective Strong or muscular.

Full definition of beefy

Questions about beefy in a sentence

How do you use beefy in a sentence?
Beefy is used as an adjective. For example: “The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.”
What is a short sentence with beefy?
“The software slows down even a beefy computer.”
What does beefy mean?
Beefy means similar to, or tasting like beef.

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