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paunchy

[pawn-chee, pahn-] / ˈpɔn tʃi, ˈpɑn- /




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Suddenly, your good time is interrupted by an elder pulling you aside and pushing you toward a paunchy, bespectacled sack lurking in a corner.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

The short, paunchy, balding Young was the sort of actor who always seemed to play middle-aged no matter his age.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

There were meaty, hulking types and paunchy types and hard femme types like the “Pose” actor Jason A. Rodriguez.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

She was wearing banana-yellow robes today; her long nails were painted shocking pink, and she was accompanied by her paunchy photographer.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

In the years since the war, he has grown paunchier, more stooped, and greyer at the temples.

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 Mack Reynolds


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