overfed

Example Sentences

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Before, she’d been “hiding behind facades, physically overfed and spiritually undernourished.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“Conventional breeds were overfed protein, under ventilated and our recommendations for hatching were not followed,” Gies said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021

It always left us feeling loved and nourished, if slightly overfed.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2021

For instance, as an overfed French ambassador in London he recalls the earlier period when he lived nearby as a starving émigré so hungry he’d suck the starch out of the sheets.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2020

“Now get on the wagon before that overfed, underworked horse of ours dies of old age.”

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep