rotund

Example Sentences

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Police publicly released a blurry snapshot of a rotund man in a dark jacket and hat, and the surveillance footage, sparking a flood of online speculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

His case came to be known as the Fat Leonard scandal because of Francis' rotund frame at that time.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Where Wayne’s Batman is lithe and graceful, The Penguin is awkward and rotund; while Wayne is charismatic, the Penguin is a weirdo, a quack.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024

In keeping with the theme of talking animals who are also petty criminals, Hugh Laurie voices a rotund orange cat named Maurice, the mastermind of a Pied Piper-inspired moneymaking scam.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

“Thank you, miss. They do the job,” said one of the Helpers, a short rotund man who looked rather like a bullfrog and sounded even more like one.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart