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

Species like the emperor penguin have overlapping layers of insulating plumage, tightly packed veins to recycle body heat and just enough paunch to weather wind chills that approach minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2022

"The portly patriarch of paunch persevered to pulverise the Baron of Beardonkadonk in the final match," the park announced on Twitter, adding that the champ was "still chowing down".

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

Rekh was an unimpressive figure, similar in build and feature to a hundred other men, with a suggestion of paunch and a foot maimed long ago by spilled molten metal.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw