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How to use stout in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Stout means large; bulky. Example: “Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.”

Examples of stout by meaning

adjectiveLarge; bulky.

  • Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 427

adjectiveFirm; resolute; dauntless.

  • he had reason to be extremely grateful to Sterling, his Manchester City teammate, who won and converted the penalty that appeared to have broken Iceland’s stout resistance.2020 September 5, David Hytner, “Raheem Sterling keeps his cool to see off Iceland amid blaze of late drama”, in The Guardian
  • So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 58

adjectiveMaterially strong, enduring.

  • Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

nounA dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.

  • Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
  • To be precise, he had an immense plate of steak and oysters, and a bottle of stout.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 155

nounAn obese person.

  • Incidentally the survey pointed up the sad plight of the stylish stouts, today's “forgotten men.” The clothing situation is getting so critical for them that they may have to choose between eating and dressing.1946, Printers' Ink

More sentences with stout

  • In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot.From the entry basal
  • A northern country breeds stout men.From the entry breed
  • Over in the corner, a stout gunjie with a flaming red beard.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 1. From the entry gunjie
  • I feel like cracking this stout and just mossing in the sun with a splif.2014 August 29, @7oneZ_FuckTDSB, Twitter. From the entry moss
  • The wooden bench under me was four stout legs glued to a butcherblock slab.2014, Chris Knopf, A Billion Ways to Die, →ISBN. From the entry butcherblock
  • Throscids resemble very small and stout click beetles (Elateridae) with rigid bodies.2014, Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Eastern North America. From the entry throscid
  • Most white stouts use coffee to get traditional stout flavors into a golden beer.2014, Josh Christie, Chad Polenz, The Handbook of Porters & Stouts, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry white stout
  • This was a simple pulley wheel, which revolved in the end of a stout piece of wood.2014, McWilliams, John, The Cornish Fishing Industry. From the entry bulljowler
  • You will marry some stout squire and have a nurseryful of children.2010, Joan Smith, A Christmas Gambol. From the entry nurseryful
  • The body of adult schizopodids is somewhat to very stout and strongly convex.2002, G. H. Nelson, C. L. Bellamy, “40. Schizopodidae LeConte 1861”, in Ross H. Arnett, Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, J. Howard…. From the entry schizopodid
  • His stout, six-foot-two frame, outfitted in a plumcolored, double-breasted suit, dominated the scene.2000 November [1999 September], Keith Ablow, chapter 1, in Projection: A Novel of Terror and Redemption, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s…. From the entry plumcolored
  • Those in rock fissures or coral crevices have stouter and more pyriform bodies.1992, Edward Bayler Cutler, The Sipuncula: Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution, page 145. From the entry pyriform
  • Her short stout body was packed into pale pink polyester pants and a matching buttonfront vest.1988 April 15, Laura Flaherty, “The Woman in Pink”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry buttonfront
  • Stout commoners on the left side, and real rangatira on the right distaff side.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 99. From the entry rangatira
  • Hogwort is an erect, stout, sparingly branched annual that grows up to 4 feet tall.1972, Robert August Evers, Roger P. Link, Leo Roy Tehon, Poisonous Plants of the Midwest & their Effects on Livestock, page 139. From the entry hogwort
  • The large, stout African bees are carpenters (Xylocopa), making small tunnels in timber, housing few individuals.1968, Elliot C. G. Pinhey, Introduction to insect study in Africa, page 146. From the entry carpenter
  • He had already kicked one panel of the stout door clean out.1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 226. From the entry kauri
  • But we aren't etten yet, and there are some stout folk here with us.1954, J R R Tolkien, “Lord of the Rings”, in The Fellowship of the Ring. From the entry etten
  • The buggy jolted on, the stout, wellkept team eagering, homing, barning.1932, William Faulkner, Light in August. From the entry eager
  • He looked at the stout bellying occupant of the other chair, his mouth open, his snores reverberant.1925, Hugh Walpole, Portrait of a Man with Red Hair, Part I, Chapter 6. From the entry bellying
  • Yes, there was the tree-shadowed back wall on the alley, with the stout ungrilled door.1918, Francis Hill, Once on the Summer Range. From the entry ungrilled
  • Do you observe that stout fellow yonder, with a stick in his hand?1911, Real Life in London, page 162. From the entry daisy-kicker
  • Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.1904, Seymour S. Tibbals, The Puritans or The Captain of Plymouth: A Comic Opera in Three Acts, [Franklin, Oh.]: Seymour S. Tibbals…. From the entry quail
  • Six months ago, Sonder had never released a barrel-aged stout.2020 November 27, Matt Koesters, “Black Friday special beer releases in Cincinnati”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume 180th, number 232…. From the entry how the turntables
  • Sonder’s going to have its biggest stout release ever on Black Friday, with “five uniquely crafted” variants of Family Tradition.2020 November 27, Matt Koesters, “Black Friday special beer releases in Cincinnati”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume 180th, number 232…. From the entry how the turntables
  • He is repugnant (stout, bald, elephantesque), and an ungrateful foreigner.2020, Yehuda Moraly, Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France, Sussex Academic…. From the entry elephantesque
  • The Good George team are also playfully inventive, and recent brews have included a white stout with chocolate, vanilla and raspberry.2017, Lonely Planet's Global Beer Tour, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry white stout
  • Family members include bitters, porters, stouts, alts and kölschs.2016, Tim Hampson, The 50 Greatest Beers of the World, Icon Books. From the entry alt
  • The redhaired Irish lass tending bar poured us a nice glass of stout and we began to check out the clientele.2016 September 8, George S. Fleetwood, Put Another Pin in the Map: The Interesting Places I’ve Seen and the Food I’ve Eaten, AuthorHouse…. From the entry slammed
  • One is a yellow, omelette-y envelope swaddling a pale Anaheim pepper, the other a dark, stout, battered Poblano.2015 August 13, Linda Stansberry, “Chile vs. Chile”, in North Coast Journal, Eureka, Calif., →ISSN, page 34. From the entry omelette-y
  • He collected a number of injuries that stopped him jousting, and then in middle age became stout, eventually gross.2013, Hilary Mantel, “Royal Bodies”, in London Review of Books, 35.IV. From the entry gross
  • And when we had got free, and gazed around on the wreckish results the stoutest of us quailed.2013, E. Nesbit, Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit. From the entry wreckish
  • She took up arsenicophagy, and in just a few months, 'had become stout, rosy-cheeked, and altogether quite to her lover's satisfaction'.2010, James C. Whorton, The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play, OUP. From the entry arsenicophagy

Meaning of stout

  1. adjective Large; bulky.
  2. adjective Bold, strong-minded.
  3. adjective Proud; haughty.

Full definition of stout

Questions about stout in a sentence

How do you use stout in a sentence?
Stout is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.”
What is a short sentence with stout?
“A northern country breeds stout men.”
What does stout mean?
Stout means large; bulky.

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