paunchy

Example Sentences

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At exercise time, a crowd gathered in the prison yard -- young and old, slender and paunchy, all with shaved heads.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Short and paunchy with a stoic face and gray hair, Lara said he still puts on a brave face around his wife.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

The short, paunchy, balding Young was the sort of actor who always seemed to play middle-aged no matter his age.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023

A paunchy, bespectacled, depressed widower with back pain, Farrell oozes melancholy as he checks into a hotel where he hopes to make a love match in 45 days or be turned into the titular animal.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2023

The manager, a paunchy man with sweat patches under his arms, kept flashing smiles and telling me that no one in the bank had touched the money.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini