portly

Example Sentences

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But instead of portly people enjoying futuristic entertainment, we will all be skinnier thanks to today’s GLP-1 medications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Flanked by a portly President Trump, he proclaimed, “It’s a bad look. It is bad, and it’s not who we are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

"Cyril", as he is known to some, is said to be a portly man with a very gruff voice.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

As I grew up, a frequent refrain from friends and family members—in particular my zaftig aunts and portly uncles—was to opine about how they wished they were slim like me.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023

Farmer had imagined a portly, cigar-smoking type who made backroom deals with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French