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corpulent

[kawr-pyuh-luhnt] / ˈkɔr pjə lənt /


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Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who gained worldwide fame with his sculptures and paintings of corpulent figures, has died at the age of 91.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2023

We have impressive caviar-punctuated omakases and dragon-roll specials so corpulent and substantially garnished that they require steak knives.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2022

An FBI agent reprises his disguise as a corpulent old lady and takes a job as a nanny in a crime suspect’s house.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2019

As corpulent and as unwieldy as the film’s vision of London is — sluggish, lumbering and clumsy — the movie isn’t something you savor so much as swallow whole, without tasting it.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2018

She watched a corpulent man beside her pull out a gold coin from a purse on his hip that looked to be near bursting.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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