buxom
Example Sentences
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It had everything: mythical beasts, witches, wizards, talking cats, buxom trees, drunk skeletons – and all of it underscored by the dulcet harmonies of '70s light rock darlings, America.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022
Spanish novelist Cervantes tells of gaunt, aging and bemused Don Quixote, portly Sancho and buxom Dulcinea.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2020
And there is action aplenty, including John Keene’s busy all-male chorus — some of whom are dressed as buxom, bearded servant women to great effect.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2019
The dancer Timothy Edwards, looking buxom and clueless in a garish blond wig, lip-synced so well that the odiousness of Ms. Wallace’s words was heightened, along with her ridiculousness.
From New York Times • May 22, 2011
One wants his leg placed so, another so, a third wants water, a fourth wants her to shake his pillow;—in the end the buxom old body grumbled bad-temperedly and slammed the doors.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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