zaftig

Example Sentences

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The 2021 animated movie adaptation makes her more glamorous, but she’s still a zaftig giantess too heavy for Catwoman to hang onto as she’s dangling off the side of a building.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024

As I grew up, a frequent refrain from friends and family members—in particular my zaftig aunts and portly uncles—was to opine about how they wished they were slim like me.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023

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

She called her magnified, zaftig alter ego The Bunch.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Bubbe Frieda had never been zaftig, but she had had the good taste to wear what is called "a dressmaker bathing suit."

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