corpulent

Example Sentences

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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

An FBI agent reprises his disguise as a corpulent old lady and takes a job as a nanny in a crime suspect’s house.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

Resurrected in this corpulent display, Crowe might transform Ailes into the bad guy of the summer; he certainly spent as much time in a makeup chair as your average villain in a superhero blockbuster.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 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