rotund

Example Sentences

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It was the tail end of breeding season, and fat pups weaned from their mothers were marooned awkwardly on the beach, comically rotund balloons resting on their sides.

From New York Times

Later, its bulbous, almost cartoonishly rotund body carried unwieldy industrial objects like wind turbine blades or locomotives, and pleased crowds at air shows.

From New York Times

They lambasted its rotund concrete exterior, likening it to a “bomb shelter” and a “maimed monument.”

From Washington Post

She introduces her pregnancy with a close-up on her rotund belly, saying, “and there’s someone else who is going to be joining us.”

From Washington Post

Yet around the same time that Roosevelt was traipsing through Africa and slaughtering these rotund mammals, other Americans were planning on bringing hippopotamuses to their own country.

From Salon