portly
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To the dismay of more portly ministers in tow, he also made a habit of jogging onto stage at public events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
Veytia, a portly figure with a bushy mustache, seemed an unlikely Eliot Ness, but he was credited with reducing violence and hailed as “the terror of every criminal” in a laudatory corrido, or ballad.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
For a long time, Kundan Lal Gujral - whom the newspaper described as "a portly, florid" man with a "splendid moustache" - was credited for the booming success.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024
As I grew up, a frequent refrain from friends and family members—in particular my zaftig aunts and portly uncles—was to opine about how they wished they were slim like me.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023
He had, Harry knew, been Head of the Auror office; he looked tough and battle-scarred, very different from portly Fudge in his bowler hat.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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