plump

Example Sentences

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A taste of New England in West Hollywood, it quickly became known for fried clams and chowders harkening to Cimarusti’s Rhode Island childhood and plump lobster rolls filled with never-frozen lobster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Briany, with her plump cheeks and full head of dark hair, wasn’t normally this fussy.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The shake-up might have cheered investors, except that the stock’s plump dividend yield and 70-year history of payout increases will get a rethink at the time of the split.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Footage has shown militia members—men and women; often elderly, slightly plump Venezuelans—running obstacle courses, crawling under barbed wire and firing rifles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

They went downstairs and stepped outside to find a pen of plump black chickens pecking heartily in straw.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye