portly

Example Sentences

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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

"Cyril", as he is known to some, is said to be a portly man with a very gruff voice.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 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

The innkeeper was a bald, portly fellow named Caverin.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss