zaftig
Example Sentences
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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
I believe that this, like the word zaftig, really can be a compliment, when applied under the correct conditions.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2018
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
Grandpa Izzy says that Margaret is zaftig, which is Yiddish for pleasingly plump.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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