corpulence
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Villeneuve and storyboard artist Sam Hudecki spent weeks brainstorming approaches to the Baron’s physicality, trying to convey a sense of muscularity along with corpulence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
He’s confined to his apartment due to his corpulence as he tries to make peace with his past and reconcile with his daughter.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2014
His color, like his corpulence, is part of the current image.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2013
If one embarks on a tour of animal corpulence, spiraling out from captivity to the wild, a seemingly growing army of rotund beasts rounds into view.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012
But it is true that we have exchanged corpulence for starvation, and either one will kill us.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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