corpulent
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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’d eat at a table next to a mural of a corpulent iguana wearing sunglasses and a sombrero.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2019
“Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo” opens with a poignant scene in which Acosta stands in front of a mirror and examines his naked, corpulent body.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2018
Instead Mr. Sinton wrings his corpulent instrument for its full range of values: toneless smears; soul-baring swells; chomping, roughed-up blasts.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2017
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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