big-shouldered and heavy-armed.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

 He is a short, big-shouldered man, as wide as he is tall.    From Wordnik.com.  [The City of Lights] Reference

She was a tanned, big-shouldered, friendly woman about my age.    From Wordnik.com.  [I. O. U.] Reference

Funny, the big-shouldered cops didn't even bother to investigate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zondra Hughes: Killer Campaign Gossip] Reference

He thought of himself as strong, big-shouldered, but this was wearing him out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Destiny's Road]

In 1980, Mr. Carter-weakened by the Iran hostage situation-lost to big-shouldered Ronald Reagan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrats Must Find A Big-Time Brawler] Reference

We can't ALL be muscular, hardwokin ', laborin', muscle bound, big-shouldered longshoremen types!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Closed for vacation] Reference

Today the mayor of this famously muscular city -- big-shouldered hog butcher and stacker of wheat-practices flower power.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greening Of Chicago] Reference

Don't even bother with big-shouldered or full-skirted gowns that date back to the 1980s, because they are too dated to revive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remodeling Long Gowns] Reference

  He then walks, hunched over, to his seat near the front of the hall and hastily hooks his arm around a big-shouldered woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wedding] Reference

She nodded at big-shouldered Officer Kevin Pyne: Two years out of the army but he still had his mahogany hair white-sidewalled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

Ferreira, a big-shouldered man in a T shirt and rubber sandals, breaks from the ring of dancers to explain the tradition to visitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not As Green As They Seem] Reference

There was Mother's man Freethspat on a corner talking to Shangsler, the big-shouldered man who had moved in with Wess twenty days past.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Burning City]

It would be one of those cultural verbal tics that would be annoying, but it would come and then go away, like big-shouldered suits for women.    From Wordnik.com.  [23 « October « 2009 « Dating Jesus] Reference

The four year old stayed close to his father's legs, intimidated by the big-shouldered men with neck muscles that began flaring just below their ears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Jones: Winter's Bone] Reference

MacNaughton was a tall, big-shouldered Ulsterman whose permanent scowl had so impressed the Toronto police recruiting team on their visit to Belfast twenty years before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

They're either "modern looks with super-slim lapels" that are club-ready but "poor for business" or big-shouldered sack designs that seem "uninspired and dated," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Ironic Look for Lean Times: Extreme Banker] Reference

I also think the big-shouldered overtures to Glinka's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

The bison special with foie gras was tender but big-shouldered.    From Wordnik.com.  [WSJ.com: What's News US] Reference

A big-shouldered, likely man, with long hair curlin 'in his neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools] Reference

The big-shouldered, heavily mustached man at the desk grinned cheerily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cross-Cut] Reference

'It would be heavy-chested, big-shouldered, slim in the barrel and small in the hips.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Desert Valley] Reference

And beautiful high court shoes and high boots, nippy little skirts and big-shouldered jackets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Into the space behind the seat a gaunt, big-shouldered man was stowing a haunch of frozen moose-meat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life] Reference

Lincecum is the skinny hipster from the Seattle area, Cain the big-shouldered country boy from Alabama.    From Wordnik.com.  [SI.com] Reference

Tanna Farms "is a thrilling, beautiful, big-shouldered course," said GolfVisions President Tim Miles, Sr.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Yonder a big-shouldered person lifted another man in his arms and threw him at a small group that charged him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Fairy Tales] Reference

Max Brooks ' stories about the big-shouldered, square-jawed Joes are modern and relevant to an America at war.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com News] Reference

WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- Some big-shouldered egos are flexing their muscles, getting set for the push and shove of a U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

He was only laboring because a great, strong, big-shouldered man had come from Cornwall to help him and was willing to fight it out to the end.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cross-Cut] Reference

A big-shouldered bodysuit and tights (not pants!) is the standard Gaga look, but any head-scratching ensemble from your local Goodwill should do the trick as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

He staggered at the name of "Lon Cronk," and his mind coursed back to a heart-rending scene, to hear again the deep voice of a big-shouldered thief pleading for a sick woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the Valley of the Missing] Reference

Menza is one of our great powerhouse tenors, a big-shouldered cat with a big, fat sound that once had to come through batteries of brass in Buddy Rich's over-the-top arrangements.    From Wordnik.com.  [LA Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference

But it wasn’t just that big-shouldered suit and the horn; the cat was clean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference

But we won't take payment, "said Mrs Woodfall, a big-shouldered woman with a pleasant, sunburnt face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Gerrard] Reference

Five great big-shouldered beasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ringworld Throne]

"The most popular look was the tapered parachute pants and big-shouldered jackets made popular by Michael himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Buffalo News: Home] Reference

What is yonder big-shouldered fellow doing? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Erling the Bold] Reference