flabby

Example Sentences

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But if poetry is about saying a lot in a little—the fine art of distillation—then by the end of its two-hour runtime “A Poet” comes off more like funny but flabby prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

In a speech last week Sir Keir Starmer promised to make the "flabby" state more efficient and cut bureaucracy.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

The central mystery is flabby and uncompelling and it feels obligatory at best, a real-estate scandal offering a loose background in front of which these actors play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

At every life stage, it has stretched a system that was often too small to accommodate it, leaving it somewhat flabby and misshapen in its wake.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

As the honks came closer we heard another sound, like a boxer working out a flabby punching bag.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston