flab

Example Sentences

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Whatever you wanted out of yoga—inner peace, less flab around the middle, a bit of calm before a big meeting with your boss—was totally fine with her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

To that end, Melton wanted to add flab, shedding his chiseled “Riverdale” physique to become an ordinary dude with a dad-bod.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

The series has been described as a political thriller, but it’s got so much flab and filler that it seems ideologically opposed to the very idea of suspense.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

And this is why his movies have one of the lowest B.M.I.s in the action business: He cuts the flab.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021

And this dude, decked out in layer upon layer of flab, a thin undershirt and a pair of tight red polyester pants, poured himself into the alley between the door and the desk.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx