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Adjective
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But if the murderer were middle-aged and paunchy . . .—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Dec. 2024 -
Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.—
Marilyn Stasio,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.—
Luke Mogelson,
The New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2024
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What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?—
Jay McInerney,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
Adjective
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In context, Franklin was critiquing a rather dumpy drawing of an eagle lacking a regal beak by the Society of the Cincinnati, which had adopted the nation’s bird as its symbol.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2024
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In fact, it was released during the slightly less dumpy dump month of February — on February 13, 1991, with nationwide sneak previews on February 2, 1991.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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At a hefty 2 hours and 24 minutes, the film is flabby, not jacked, and lacking in an unpredictable live-wire element.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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His pale face and flabby jowls belie too much time spent under fluorescent office lighting, too little in the gym.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The result was a humanoid robot able to seamlessly walk, dodge, squat, and dance by copying a human.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
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That includes the squat, hinge, and both bilateral (engaging body sides of the body at once) and unilateral (single-side) exercises.—
Amy Marturana Winderl,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Elephants, for instance, became tapirs, with stubby trunks and legs.—
Caroline Winterer / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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One of the loudest guests inside Capital One Arena on Sunday night had stubby legs, prominent ears and a long snout.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Allen, 35, the city worker, is a burly University of Kansas graduate from Shawnee who, in his 20s, battled and beat his own addictions.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
13 Jan. 2025
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The burly defenseman was arguably the Flyers’ best player in their home-and-home with the Maple Leafs, playing a physical game while roaming all around the ice and creating scoring chances, too.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Hippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hippy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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