tubby

Example Sentences

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As a kid, her dad encouraged her to soak up the classics, from Nick Cave and King Tubby to The Pogues and hours of music from Pakistan.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

The programme continued with other reports before returning to Tubby about nine minutes later.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

The 66-year-old Adams graduated from Texas Tech in 1979 and had been on the staff there since 2016, beginning as director of basketball operations under Tubby Smith and then spending time on Chris Beard’s staff.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

On a recent weekday, a day after flying home, Donohue slapped a $100 bill on the bar at the Tubby Hook Tavern in Inwood, his buddy Rick Duggan, 74, sitting beside him.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

I tell him about the Save the Manatee Club, and the sea cow named Tubby that our class adopted last year.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina