embonpoint

Example Sentences

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A lot of time is spent in airports, where there is “The pop of a Krispy Kreme sign and the tan embonpoint / Of Scotch bottles after customs to caress.”

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2020

He’s carrying a bit of weight – you could almost say embonpoint.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2016

Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.

From Newsweek • Nov. 10, 2012

Tristan was played by the Canadian Ben Heppner, and he has a belly quite as superb as the diva's own embonpoint.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012

I'm off to the Prefecture to get rid of my false embonpoint, which bothers me no end.

From The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales by Souvestre, Émile