voluptuous
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From the beginning of her fame she was unlike anyone else: skinny, flat-chested and big-footed in an era of such voluptuous icons as Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Here beauty is celebrated with voluptuous rapture, setting the mood for “Oh, Yemanja,” a mythic, watery mother’s prayer from Tania León’s opera “Scourge of Hyacinths.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
Its narrative arc is as thoroughly well-documented as that voluptuous lobster spaghetti.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2024
Also voluptuous was Aisha Jackson’s aching “My Funny Valentine,” made into a torch anthem through Daryl Waters’s despairing orchestrations.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
With a sort of voluptuous creaking in his joints he climbed the stair above Mr. Charrington’s shop.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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