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

Yehorov — portly, rumpled, intense — wasn’t looking for professional polish.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 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

Ahmed, a portly man sporting a handlebar moustache and his trademark white turban, exuded an aura of fear wherever he went, embodying the archetype of a gangster-politician.

From BBC • May 14, 2023

"Father, see who I've brought. Cat has come to see you . . ." Hoster Tully had always been a big man,- tall and broad in his youth, portly as he grew older.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin