When the new evidence turned up during the book club, someone deadpanned 'the thick plottens,' and we all burst into laughter at the joke.

Despite our patient explanations, he remained thick-headed and couldn't follow the instructions.

At dusk, a thick-knee froze on the salt flat, its large eyes reflecting the pale light as it scanned for insects.

We watched a pair of thick-knees probing the shoreline at dusk.

Even after several examples, the thick-skulled student still couldn't grasp the concept.

He was thick as a brick when he tried to pay with expired coupons at the store.

The siblings, thick as thieves, coordinated their surprise party without letting anyone else in on the secret.

The thick-skinned comedian laughed off the harsh reviews and continued to perform with energy.

Hunters navigated the thick and thin along the valley, moving from dense underbrush into more open stands of trees.

After the race, the trainer worried that the old mare had thick wind, a respiratory defect not associated with noisy breathing or signs of emphysema.