zaftig
Example Sentences
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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
Especially commendable is Zamit, who in addition to Mrs. Darling and the housekeeper, plays a Tinkerbell too zaftig to fly, among other roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Now a Guggenheim fellow, Machado was once conditioned to accept that zaftig women are undeserving of worship.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2019
Maddie Baillio leads the cast as Tracy Turnblad, a zaftig teenager who dreams of racial equality while shaking and shimmying her way to stardom on the all-white “Corny Collins Show.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2016
Bubbe Frieda had never been zaftig, but she had had the good taste to wear what is called "a dressmaker bathing suit."
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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