corpulent

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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

In his sweeping 1965 novel “Dune,” Herbert introduced one for the ages: a corpulent, power-hungry sadist with the suitably sinister name of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

We’d eat at a table next to a mural of a corpulent iguana wearing sunglasses and a sombrero.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2019

Instead Mr. Sinton wrings his corpulent instrument for its full range of values: toneless smears; soul-baring swells; chomping, roughed-up blasts.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2017

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