paunchier; paunchiest
: having a potbelly
paunchiness
noun
Examples of paunchy in a Sentence
not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athletically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist
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Harbor's enjoyably over-the-top Red Guardian continues to be a paunchy steal-stealer, Pullman scores a nice MCU debut as a complex mystery man, and Louis-Dreyfus reigns as a deliciously snarky antagonist.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
From the faded velvet booths, Instagram-happy tourists sidle up against paunchy men wearing trousers the same hue as their salmon terrine.
—airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
But if the murderer were middle-aged and paunchy . . .
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.
—Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
From the faded velvet booths, Instagram-happy tourists sidle up against paunchy men wearing trousers the same hue as their salmon terrine.
—airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
But if the murderer were middle-aged and paunchy . . .
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.
—Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
See All Example Sentences for paunchy
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“Paunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paunchy. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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