paunch

Example Sentences

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A few of them had graying hair, some were going bald, and I spied a paunch or two.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Charlotte insists there's a paunch, but nobody else sees it.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2023

Eddy is the twice-divorced PR queen with the paunch: “People, places, concepts—I PR them. I make the fabulous fabulous, I make the crap credible.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2022

“He’s moving,” David tells Maggie, handling his middle-aged paunch like a baby bump.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

He's as tall as the Tribesman but twice as broad, with a paunch that strains the buttons of his gold brocade shirt.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir