Stature fair. The reading of the 1st ed. and that of 1821; "stature tall" in most of the other eds.英文原著 · 《The Lady of the Lake》
A god or goddess forced upon earth and surrounded by mere human beings would surely feel a desolateness beyond the power of common words to express, and a human being endowed with powers and physical gifts so rare as to be out of all keeping with those of its fellows of ordinary build and mental stature must needs be lonely too.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
" 'And then' (La Palferine told us) 'she went out with a little coquettish gesture like a woman that has had her way. As she stood in my garrett doorway, tall and proud, she seemed to reach the stature of an antique sibyl.'英文原著 · 《A Prince of Bohemia》
Shall I call to him as he passes the house? Shall I tell him that Superintendent Danville resists me in making an arrest? Shall I? Shall I?" And in the immensity of his contempt, Lomaque seemed absolutely to rise in stature, as he thrust the arrest order under Danville's eyes and pointed to the signature with the head of his stick.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
There they were, five huge, square-built seamen, drinking away together in the dismal cabin, which reeked of fish-pickle and bilge- water. The overhead beams came down too low for their tall statures, and rounded off at one end so as to resemble a gull's breast, seen from within. The whole rolled gently with a monotonous wail, inclining one slowly to drowsiness.英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
"The eye nearest the camera, in a three-quarter-face, is placed in the middle of the breadth of the plate; the chin, in a person of middle stature, in the middle of the length, and higher according to the proportional height of the person."英文原著 · 《American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype》
I tried to tell the other kids That although my physical stature was small, My intellectual stature towered over them.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
After you topple someone of Jock's stature. you'll be the motherfucking man.美剧 · 《Billions》