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

There’s no method here that will render it crispy and browned, and no one wants to cut through flabby chicken skin.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025

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

But above all he was nauseated with himself, with his perfumed hair, with the smell of wine from his mouth, with the soft, flabby appearance of his skin.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse