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
Capitalizing on that virality, Tripp later made a music video celebrating zaftig women like his wife.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2019
Now a Guggenheim fellow, Machado was once conditioned to accept that zaftig women are undeserving of worship.
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019
I am a zaftig woman of 40 yrs.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2013
Grandpa Izzy says that Margaret is zaftig, which is Yiddish for pleasingly plump.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
