squatness
IPA: skwˈɑtnʌs
noun
- The state of being squat
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Examples of "squatness" in Sentences
- Already inclined to squatness, with a broad good-humored face, in which, however, was a hint of obstinacy.
- The style of architecture is not quite so florid, but the extreme squatness of the buildings is far more noticeable here.
- As he sat squatted there by the fire Garman's figure gave an impression of squatness and of grossness in proportions and flesh.
- He represented them as cowering into the earth like the late buildings of the war years, from which they certainly derived their squatness.
- The poorest project seems to be Foster's Harmon, whose shiny futurism was replaced with squatness when about half the building got cut due to a building error.
- The most striking thing about the interior of the cathedral is the manner in which it rises -- "church piled upon church" -- from the nave to the corona, and this characteristic enabled William the Englishman to build a crypt below which has none of the cramped squatness which generally mars the effect of such buildings.
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