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Recent Examples of flabby Ripe red fruits but a good snap of acid keeps in from being too plush and flabby. Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 Three aluminum sculptures from roughly a decade later resemble flabby beings who writhe around above viewers’ heads. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024 The long and flabby performance was, at the least, a squandered political opportunity. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024 Still, viewers hear Shirer’s words that Hitler was flabby, ordinary and unimpressive. Alan Zeitlin, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for flabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabby
Adjective
  • Rande, 62, matched his wife's and daughter's soft elegance by wearing a classic black tux with a white collared shirt and back tie.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • For starters, the bath products are thicker, softer, non-slip, and have drainage holes.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • From summer through early fall hardy begonia displays loose floppy clusters of pink fragrant blooms visited by pollinators.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Jones had ordered multiple shoes from AliExpress, only to realize that their floppy construction and nearly non-existent grip created their own dangers.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The keys feel comfortable when typing, avoiding the dreaded mushy feel while maintaining enough travel and bounce.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Avoid skin that has many soft spots or is mushy to touch.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Landing in the bottom are Henry (for the sin of a spongy scallion pancake), Paula (for texture issues), and Bailey (for the aforementioned Pile of Stuff).
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The dough is too spongy, and the whole thing just doesn’t come together the way a great Neapolitan pizza should.
    Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The keyboard itself is pleasant enough to type on, with moderate feedback while avoiding the squishy feel some budget systems have.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • It's taken us a long time to see fat as a dynamic organ that isn’t just squishy storage for extra calories.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025

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