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corpulent

[kawr-pyuh-luhnt] / ˈkɔr pjə lənt /


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It blooms as the pages turn, like a prickly flower, beginning with the story of the corpulent, nerdy, sci-fi-obsessed title character growing up in Paterson, N.J.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

In a 1926 strip, we meet Skinny Slats, an ironically corpulent lad who squeezes out of an inkwell.

From New York Times Jun. 4, 2024

Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who gained worldwide fame with his sculptures and paintings of corpulent figures, has died at the age of 91.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2023

As corpulent and as unwieldy as the film’s vision of London is — sluggish, lumbering and clumsy — the movie isn’t something you savor so much as swallow whole, without tasting it.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2018

I had expected that Mr. Gatsby would be a florid and corpulent person in his middle years.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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