paunch

Example Sentences

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I mean, even in Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze painted the Founding Father with a small paunch.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

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

And with that he set cup and saucer on his own protruding paunch.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom