overfed
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Before, she’d been “hiding behind facades, physically overfed and spiritually undernourished.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Rucking finds champions in people like writer Michael Easter, whose book The Comfort Crisis contains this line: “We are living progressively sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged, safety-netted lives.”
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2023
“Conventional breeds were overfed protein, under ventilated and our recommendations for hatching were not followed,” Gies said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
It always left us feeling loved and nourished, if slightly overfed.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2021
On Sundays, she would invite his relatives for pounded yam and onugbu soup and then watch over to make sure everyone was suitably overfed.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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