well-fed

Example Sentences

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Wagner points for example to images of "well-fed prisoners, meant to suggest that conditions in concentration camps weren't really that bad".

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

When finished, it will secure his reputation and bring him glory and riches, “the joy of lordliness, the majesty of the peaceful mind in the well-fed body.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

His six-day workweeks kept us well-fed and clothed and allowed him to afford a three-bedroom Anaheim home with a swimming pool, where he and my youngest brother still live today.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

Joanne Bromley, head teacher at King Street Primary School in Spennymoor, said well-fed children were able to concentrate better.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

I knew their names once, could place them with their well-fed faces.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee