A lady in a stout tweed skirt, who was bending over a flower bed, straightened herself at our approach.

So, when an aged ash on mountain tall / stout woodmen strive, with many a rival blow, / to rend from earth; awhile it threats to fall, / with quivering locks and nodding head; now slow / it sinks and, with a dying groan lies low, / and spreads its ruin on the mountain side.

She was wedged in between a stout lady in pink silk and a tall, scornful-looking girl in a white-lace dress.

On sending in our cards we were shown into an elegantly appointed drawing-room, where we were joined in a few minutes by a rather stout man who received us with much hospitality.

Stout fellow you are, bro!

His stout legs carried him far into the forest's heart, where he gathered supplies of nuts and berries, as well as several sweet and wholesome roots.

The defenders put up a stout resistance.

These old men heard his call and hastened to the spot. They were still vigorous, with hands hardened by the toils of husbandry, and they stoutly took the young man's part against the Methymnaeans, demanding an inquiry in accordance with the rules of justice.

She is plain and stout as popular stars go.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!