adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sturdy build (= not very tall but strong and healthy )
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an eight-year-old boy of sturdy build
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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sturdy walking shoes
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a sturdy jaw
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a table that was old and sturdy
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Maria was small and sturdy , with dark hair and dark eyes.
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Mrs Harding herself was thin and frail but her son was a sturdy sixteen-year- old.
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She was a large, sturdy woman in her mid-fifties.
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The ponies used underground were sturdy little animals that came originally from Northern Spain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before that time, alcohol had been in general use to deaden pain, though some sturdy souls rejected it on principle.
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Hanging about a foot from attached wall mounts, these sturdy steel bells would grace any garden.
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He was short and sturdy and when he was on a horse he seemed a part of it.
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However, the development and deployment of a sturdy handpump has been at the center of many of these projects.
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Somewhere the sturdy beggars nursed their wounds and cursed.
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The digital makeup of the sensor means it is sturdy and fast, yet simple and cheap to produce.
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We have seen shallow, shortlived economic recoveries, sturdy , eight-year booms, temporary slowdowns, and deep depressions.