Examples of paunch in a Sentence
He sat with his hands folded over his paunch.
He used to be very thin but now he has a slight paunch.
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Youngblood was tall and imposing, with a paunch and black hair that framed pale skin.
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
When Jurgensen reported to camp in unusually good shape, his trademark paunch having shrunk, he was asked if the key was diet and exercise.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
He had been hit a month or so before, but he had only been clipped across the paunch and the wound was healed.
—Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
After a moment of shock, the designers outfitted him with a pregnant belly to deliver Tom’s now-signature paunch.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
When Jurgensen reported to camp in unusually good shape, his trademark paunch having shrunk, he was asked if the key was diet and exercise.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
He had been hit a month or so before, but he had only been clipped across the paunch and the wound was healed.
—Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
After a moment of shock, the designers outfitted him with a pregnant belly to deliver Tom’s now-signature paunch.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Paunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paunch. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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paunch
noun
ˈpȯnch 
ˈpänch
1
: the belly together with its contents
2
Medical Definition
paunch
noun
: rumen
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