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

Your essay in this book is about the word "zaftig."

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2020

Now a Guggenheim fellow, Machado was once conditioned to accept that zaftig women are undeserving of worship.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019

In 2007, fat pigeons swarmed into Liverpool, England, pecking and pooping and plodding about, and so upset the locals that the City Council brought in 10 robotic peregrine falcons to scare off the zaftig varmints.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2012

Grandpa Izzy says that Margaret is zaftig, which is Yiddish for pleasingly plump.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg