Overall the car was to look larger and more substantial than the previous model.

Beaufort's past, tattered though it appeared, looked more substantial than its future.

It's clear that they are rocks because they now look more substantial.

It looked very substantial and they were quite pleased with their prize.

The frame was bigger than the sphere, but it didn't look very substantial.

In retrospect, I realize she also looked substantial, serious, and totally credible.

She looked no more substantial than a small drift of snow.

Although the figure was no larger than an ordinary man, it looked very substantial for some reason.

The government buildings, mostly gray stone, looked substantial and dull.

It may strike you, for example, that the cars look far more substantial than the houses.