strongly-built

I caught one glimpse of his short, squat, strongly-built figure as he sprang to his feet and turned to run.

The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

Some doubted that she was seaworthy, but Champlain described her as a “strongly-built ship and a good sailor.”

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Some doubted that she was seaworthy, but Champlain described her as a “strongly-built ship and a good sailor.”

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Because their "arc" is a really strongly-built trash can.

Archive 2007-08-01 2007

Normal, even strongly-built conventional structures go down at far lower than 400psi.

Rebuilding New Orleans? « BuzzMachine 2005

Normal, even strongly-built conventional structures go down at far lower than 400psi.

Rebuilding New Orleans? « BuzzMachine 2005

‘For the kitten — your little hand,’ said the hussar, with a simper and a shrug of his strongly-built frame, which was tightly buttoned up in a new uniform.

First Love 2006

Mrs. Gale hates Mr. Malone more than either of the other two; but she fears him also, for he is a tall strongly-built personage, with real Irish legs and arms, and a face as genuinely national - not the Milesian face, not

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

He was a short, thick, strongly-built fellow of about thirty-seven, with a swarthy face, raven-black hair, high forehead, and dark deep eyes, full of intelligence and great determination.

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

For three successive days his square, strongly-built figure attracted my attention.

Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories 2003