zaftig

Example Sentences

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Especially commendable is Zamit, who in addition to Mrs. Darling and the housekeeper, plays a Tinkerbell too zaftig to fly, among other roles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Now a Guggenheim fellow, Machado was once conditioned to accept that zaftig women are undeserving of worship.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019

Maddie Baillio leads the cast as Tracy Turnblad, a zaftig teenager who dreams of racial equality while shaking and shimmying her way to stardom on the all-white “Corny Collins Show.”

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2016

Having recently hit 221.2 on the scale, I’m no longer forgivably chubby or husky, zaftig or big-boned.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2015

Grandpa Izzy says that Margaret is zaftig, which is Yiddish for pleasingly plump.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg