Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stature
IPA transcription: [st'ætʃɚ]
Pronunciations of stature
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: stature
    Meaning: high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; "a man of great stature"
Usage examples
  • Her stature was of an height that rose to the majestic.
  • He was short in stature, very thin, and apparently very feeble.
  • I could no more grow away from it than I could add a cubit to my stature by taking thought.
  • There stood before me productions of earth, but of gigantic stature, which my uncle immediately named.
  • Her hands and feet were small, her stature was that of a fairy, and her figure was perfect in every way.
  • John was a man small of stature, dark, with homely features, but he was very determined to get away from oppression.
  • I call her peerless because she has no peer, whether it be in bodily stature or in the supremacy of rank and beauty.
  • But perhaps, after all, the thing which gained and fixed his mastery over his fellows was to a great degree his gigantic stature and strength.
  • He was a man of dark color, although not totally free from the admixture of the "superior" southern blood in his veins; in stature, he was only ordinary.
  • A man of good stature, broad at the shoulders, slender at the hips, he poised himself with athletic grace--the lower part of his face masked by what Lanyard took to be a dark silk handkerchief.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording U2, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Seagull Monument, License CC BY-SA 4.0