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Examples
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She pulled out a fairly massive-looking folder and spread it open on the blotter, on top of the partnership paperwork.
Devil's Bargain Caine, Rachel 2005
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There are islets of emerald green lying to the south, and in front of us a town of antiquated appearance, low houses, much colored, with flattish, red-tiled roofs, many of them built on piles, straggling for a long distance, and fringed by massive-looking bungalows, half buried in trees.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Despite the fact that Nemov was a massive-looking, powerfully built man, his handshake struck Cogley as limp and unenthusiastic.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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Despite the fact that Nemov was a massive-looking, powerfully built man, his handshake struck Cogley as limp and unenthusiastic.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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Despite the fact that Nemov was a massive-looking, powerfully built man, his handshake struck Cogley as limp and unenthusiastic.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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A hand lay out of the bedding, massive-looking by comparison with the spindle of his arm.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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A hand lay out of the bedding, massive-looking by comparison with the spindle of his arm.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Beyond this chamber was a massive wooden door secured by an equally massive-looking lock with the key missing.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
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There was no confusing the Moderne with its flush door and three small diagonal panes of glass with the Cape Cod, which had a white paneled door flanked by two long narrow windows – or either with the Renaissance, which had a massive-looking door hung on two wrought-iron hinges generously studded with hammered iron nails and a small square window set in a black iron frame.
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry Kemelman, Harry 1966
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To commence with, it is curious to note that in many cases men who claim to have roughed it in various parts of the world have been amongst the worst to stand the roughing here, and while weak-looking striplings have developed into fine hardy men; brawny, massive-looking fellows have shrunk to thin and useless beings.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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