paunchy

At exercise time, a crowd gathered in the prison yard -- young and old, slender and paunchy, all with shaved heads.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Short and paunchy with a stoic face and gray hair, Lara said he still puts on a brave face around his wife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

The Sycamores were the No. 1 seed in the NIT and drew a national following drawn in by the paunchy goggles-wearing leading scorer Robbie Avila, nicknamed “Cream Abdul-Jabbar.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

A paunchy, bespectacled, depressed widower with back pain, Farrell oozes melancholy as he checks into a hotel where he hopes to make a love match in 45 days or be turned into the titular animal.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

The manager, a paunchy man with sweat patches under his arms, kept flashing smiles and telling me that no one in the bank had touched the money.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

At about the halfway mark, “The Disciple” flashes forward several years to find an older, paunchier, more cynical Sharad still plugging away, now balancing equally unfulfilling careers as a music teacher and occasional performer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2021

Paul Shipman, Redhook’s founding CEO — grayer and paunchier now, but still boyish and ebullient — regales one booth with now-they-can-be-told tales from the early days.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2017

At 68, he may be grayer and paunchier, but the image he projects — that assured, steely intellect wrapped in that warm Tennessee drawl — seems all the more indelible and authoritative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2017

At 59, he is a little paunchier, a little slower, and he breathes harder on the run; but he can still haul himself up a scaffolding with the best.

From Time Magazine Archive

Number One had pushed himself back in his chair, and Josip was only mildly surprised to note that the man seemed considerably paunchier than his photos indicated.

From Expediter by Reynolds, Mack