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Meanings of rotund in English
Synonyms
Examples for "obese"
Examples for "obese"
1
How much longer will society tolerate industry profiting from making children obese?
2
She said people who were obese needed to take some personal responsibility.
3
Davidson said bariatric surgery patients tend to be the most obese, however.
4
Conclusion: Overweight and obese children have increased in frequency in this population.
5
Fighting fit: Sedentary toddlers are at greater risk of becoming obese adults.
1
South Africa has a history of imposing weighty conditions on foreign takeovers.
2
Its weighty subject matter is leavened by Rivera's trickster-like sense of humor.
3
The solution of weighty problems in large part depends upon the answer.
4
The subjects are simple, large, weighty; the form is compact, strong, suggestive.
5
Christ's personal ministry was confined to Israel for obvious and weighty reasons.
1
The guards grinned broadly as the corpulent negress waddled up the steps.
2
The corpulent manager glanced along the table, a confident expression in place.
3
There was not the least resentment cherished by the corpulent Mrs. Smith.
4
The full-blooded, corpulent and vigorous should avoid West Africa like the plague.
5
This organ was ripped from the corpulent breast of a jolly-faced troubadour.
Usage of rotund in English
1
The rotund lady, for herself and the prince, replies in the negative.
2
Then, leaning over, he whispered in the ear of the rotund musician.
3
Jolly gents of rotund aspect are scarce on the ground these days.
4
A rotund figure upon horseback appears at a bend in the road.
5
This time it took the rotund form of a preacher from Alabama.
6
She was a rotund woman, ample-bosomed and broad-hipped, with short, plump arms.
7
Hard work and their cheerful temperament gave them both a rotund appearance.
8
Houghton's rotund body pushed through the crowd, parting guests like the seas.
9
A rotund, ruddy-faced man with a bushy mustache looked up at him.
10
A man with a rotund skull and shoulders streamlined against the weather.
11
Enid, the rotund and loquacious cook, spoke German, English, and French.
12
But the farmers' most valuable asset was a more rotund and short-legged creature.
13
Birds puff their feathers against the cold: outsize thrushes, portly blackbirds, rotund robins.
14
The rotund superintendent of the elevator fanned himself lazily with his straw hat.
15
While his body was slim in the Asiatic way, his face was rotund.
16
Yes, it was the Baron, not decreased in rotund proportions since they parted.
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Rotund through the time
Rotund across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common