pot belly
Example Sentences
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The gladiator depicted on the cover of “Those Who Are About to Die” has the beginnings of a pot belly and bears not the slightest physical resemblance to Kirk Douglas or Russell Crowe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The obesity crisis in India is ballooning - and the seemingly harmless pot belly may be a far bigger villain than we think.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
She’s a young grade-schooler with messy summer hair, baby teeth and a cute pot belly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
“I have P.C.O.S.”—polycystic-ovary syndrome—“and one of the symptoms is having a pot belly, which started for me when I was seventeen. That was tough—Britney Spears was everywhere, and Ciara. Those low-rises were low, baby.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2019
“Janae’s home?” he asks while scratching his pot belly.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
