tubby

Example Sentences

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Diving in a kelp forest in Monterey Bay recently, I watched a tubby 200-pound harbor seal follow a fellow diver, nibbling on his flippers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

Of all the things to say about Gaetz … tubby?

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2024

In 2019, the state Department of Environmental Conservation evicted a tubby cat named Stormy from the general store in Fritz Creek where it had been living, as the feline’s presence violated food sanitation rules.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

“A little big boy dance. A little tubby tummy thing.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2017

“Very pleasant, thank you,” said Mum, as a tubby man with joke-shop sideburns trundled a large, white, lidded wheely bucket round from the front of the house.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell