Meanings of look shorter in English

Stan was about average height, but an habitual stoop made her look shorter.

But they said the skirts are the largest size available and look shorter on taller students.

Generally a sack coat makes a very tall man look shorter, and a frock-coat looks all the better for a change.

Short girls wear short skirts, which make them look shorter still, and tall girls wear very long skirts, which make them look taller.

She looked shorter and more frail than the last time I saw her.

A well-made man always looks shorter than he is; ditto a well-made woman.

I fancy so, but as she was stouter she looked shorter.

He even looked shorter than last year, more shrunken within himself.

Like Mrs. Becker, he had chubbied up, so to speak, until he looked shorter.

The court comes to an end suddenly; its shape looks shorter than it is in reality.

Edmund stood five feet ten, but looked shorter from the squareness and width of his shoulders.

He stood about five feet nine, but looked shorter, owing to his great width of shoulders.

He looked shorter up close, and older.

Physically, he was the opposite of Tarbuck, slight in build and not quite five ten but looked shorter.

If you leave here looking shorter and not having an influential... what did you call it the other day, Hades?

Now, as Claude settled into his chair behind the large metal desk, she noticed that he looked shorter than she remembered, his shoulders less broad.