podgy

Example Sentences

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As a 13-year-old, she writes, she felt "podgy and sad when I had to reach for a garment that was labelled with a number in the high teens".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2018

THE opening of South Africa’s parliament is always a glitzy affair: podgy politicians strut before the cameras in local garb, ball-gowns and slick suits.

From Economist • Aug. 28, 2014

Strutting about on tippy-hooves, like a tottering, podgy little vol-au-vent!

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2013

"You can't look good as a podgy mod," Elms says.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2012

“I still can’t hear you,” Aarfy complained tolerantly, cupping his podgy hand behind the blanched corolla of his ear.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller