embonpoint
Example Sentences
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A lot of time is spent in airports, where there is “The pop of a Krispy Kreme sign and the tan embonpoint / Of Scotch bottles after customs to caress.”
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2020
He’s carrying a bit of weight – you could almost say embonpoint.
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2016
Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.
From Newsweek • Nov. 10, 2012
Tristan was played by the Canadian Ben Heppner, and he has a belly quite as superb as the diva's own embonpoint.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012
The leading lady, who played the fair young bride, was rather inclined to embonpoint, as we say when we wish to insinuate as delicately as possible that some one is fat.
From Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Pierce, Paul
Vocabulary lists containing embonpoint
English Words Derived from French, List 10
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