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 background - a teacher, a football coach, an Army National Guard enlisted soldier - broadcasts "meat-and-potatoes middle America", as does perhaps his balding, rotund, slightly dishevelled appearance.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

This trap contained two fully grown, rotund adults, two balls of bristly fur that had merged into what one member of the trapping team called a single “big squish.”

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Launched in 2014, the event allows bear fans to cast their ballots on which rotund ursid has done the best job of filling out for winter hibernation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2023

When I opened the door, I was shocked to see not a messenger, but the rotund figure of Mr. Goldbuttons.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson