a bit thick in a sentence

Examples

1. And the corporate control of the event was also a bit thick _ did the commission's eagle need to replicate so closely the logo of one of its lead sponsors, Anheuser-Busch?
2. A common reference to the team from surrounding, more well established GAA clubs such as Fingalians GAA in Swords, is " The blood is running a bit thick with them boys ".
3. The prose gets a bit thick when it rings the foundation's praise, such as how it has " worked to reinvent the way electrical power is organized and produced in New England ."
4. He is a rather strange man, who likes to appear a bit thick to ensure his workload remains light, but likes to show people that he is capable of outsmarting Boycie any day.
5. The article is well sourced, and, while it may be a bit thick with detail, appears to be largely free of the sort of puffery and self-promotion that often finds its way into self-authored articles.
6. The assorted supporting cast members tend to be a bit thick on the homespun whimsy, although the numbers in which they extol the escapist virtues of appearing in a play are the evening's most stirring.
7. Film historian Ian Aitken described " Inside Fighting Russia " as " . . . While well-intentioned, the film lays it on a bit thick as to the strength and power of the Soviet people.
8. Travolta, himself a comeback kid grown a bit thick in the waist, also readily evokes the endocrinal and gastrointestinal excesses of Stanton / Clinton, and an aureole of sugar clings hilariously to his mouth as he scarfs doughnuts.
9. Becker, who is in his late 30s, seems to be an affable man, balding, a bit thick of waist, with a round, often smiling face and a jaw he regularly slackens to mime the witlessness women attribute to men.
10. :It appears I can be a bit thick, at times : It's only now occurred to me that any reasonable being would construe Gwen Gale's November 2011 unblocking condition ( see item 1, just above ) as also prohibiting " removal " of such categories.