Gussie is her parents 'three-hundred-pound narcoleptic maid. From Wordnik.com. [In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried] Reference
I had never come up against a three-hundred-pound guy before. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in the Fifth] Reference
For someone so tiny, Wendy Silver urinated as noisily as a three-hundred-pound linebacker. From Wordnik.com. [Fly Away Home] Reference
Billy West, Mottburg's three-hundred-pound midnight rambler, had dropped it off as a sample. From Wordnik.com. [Even Cowgirls Get The Blues]
“He could have saved that three-hundred-pound man drowning in the wave pool instead of me.”. From Wordnik.com. [Forget You] Reference
The kind of mad that sent three-hundred-pound defensive lines scurrying out of his way every Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Game for Seduction] Reference
Mary dropped the cell phone and rammed through the men at the door like a three-hundred-pound linebacker. From Wordnik.com. [A Bad Day’s Work] Reference
He was fast — but was he fast enough to keep himself from getting killed by some three-hundred-pound tackle?. From Wordnik.com. [Ugly Americans]
At certain points, reading the work can even be said to resemble the act of making love to a three-hundred-pound woman. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Half Full] Reference
Southwark, where three-hundred-pound bags were weighed into the government bonded warehouses under the eyes of United States inspectors. From Wordnik.com. [The Financier] Reference
At four o'clock Captain Jack's wife arrived, convoying a perspiring three-hundred-pound trophy which she had been fortunate enough to capture. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
A glance into another cell revealed a three-hundred-pound white man festooned with tattoos standing catatonically rigid, hands held over his head, eyes glazed over. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Edge] Reference
The blow sent the three-hundred-pound bodyguard reeling back, landing him on top of a small wooden end table with a porcelain lamp delicately perched atop its polished wood surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Option] Reference
Commenting on the sheer gassy heft of "" A Man in Full, '' Mailer wrote, "" At certain points, reading the work can even be said to resemble the act of making love to a three-hundred-pound woman. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Wolfe Bites Back] Reference
The water with the nitrate in solution is then drawn off into other tanks from which the water is evaporated, leaving the nitrate, a coarse, dirty looking salt which is packed in three-hundred-pound bags and shipped. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
She pegs the needle at its furthest reach and would have to transfer to a commercial scale to determine precisely how far beyond the three-hundred-pound barrier-set by mechanical limitations and public decency-her weight has actually wandered. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
Two three-hundred-pound cars in two days, meaning forty pounds in his pocket!. From Wordnik.com. [Married Life The True Romance] Reference
The mules swung in with drooping heads and lolling tongues, under three-hundred-pound packs. From Wordnik.com. [Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel] Reference
A three-hundred-pound man stood gazing longingly at the nice things displayed in a haberdasher's window for a marked-down sale. From Wordnik.com. [Best Short Stories] Reference
If you don't believe football has its advantages in after life you ought to watch a prize tackle waltzing a three-hundred-pound barrel through a car door. From Wordnik.com. [At Good Old Siwash] Reference
If not, the meat freezes so solidly as to turn the edge of the sharpest knife, and a three-hundred-pound bear, frozen stiff, is no easy thing to put upon a sled and haul over the rough ice. From Wordnik.com. [Love of Life and Other Stories] Reference
"I should say some sons might be safely trusted with three-hundred-pound cheques; while others are certain to waste two shillings, and misapply sixpence, out of every half-crown they may get hold of.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil] Reference
Guilhem de Grantmesnil, Sir Yves de Vescey, and King Henry himself with several of his courtiers, went forth to slay the monster of the marsh, and the head of the three-hundred-pound brute was borne in triumph into the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Masters of the Guild] Reference
“I’m as jobless as a three-hundred-pound stripper.”. From Wordnik.com. [Crazy Love] Reference
Wally, our three-hundred-pound hypertensive dispatcher, was known as the department’s comedian and professional cynic. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Rainbow] Reference
I have less than zero knowledge about the nutritional needs of three-hundred-pound linebackers, but I guess I’ll have to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Last Night at Chateau Marmont] Reference
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