as in soft
giving easily to the touch
his daughter playfully poked at his flabby belly
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Recent Examples of flabby
The flabby sack of veined flesh swaying testicularly from the bottom of the ship could be the cargo
hold.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The mattress first, a mattress from time immemorial that proved to be unbelievably heavy, flabby, and seemingly filled with sand.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Gyms and exercise equipment companies don’t promote their locations and equipment with flabby, lumbering people, rather their ads show fit, upright, energetic individuals.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The billboard, which faces north at 11th and Grand avenues, depicts Trump shirtless, flabby, and chest-deep in murky water, wearing a golden crown.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The mattress first, a mattress from time immemorial that proved to be unbelievably heavy, flabby, and seemingly filled with sand.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Gyms and exercise equipment companies don’t promote their locations and equipment with flabby, lumbering people, rather their ads show fit, upright, energetic individuals.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The billboard, which faces north at 11th and Grand avenues, depicts Trump shirtless, flabby, and chest-deep in murky water, wearing a golden crown.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for flabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabby
Adjective
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As the limestone’s natural acids slowly leach into the softer sandstone, the structure will erode over time.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
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Take inspiration from Love Story’s Sarah Pidgeon and ask your hairdresser for soft, invisible layers, which create the illusion of a blunt cut while still adding movement and texture around the cheek, jaw, and collarbones.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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In many cases, their floppy ears would get shredded, pulled or damaged when chasing wild animals.—
Pat Mueller,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Don't use excessive fertilizer, as this can lead to weak, floppy plants and less flowering.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
Adjective
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This halts the cooking process, preventing mushy, overcooked pasta, and removes the excess starch, which would otherwise cause the noodles to stick together.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
11 June 2026
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Even the blend of regen and real braking feels mushy, making pressure modulation difficult.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The savory crepe, wrapped in paper, is a walkable handheld, its delicate, lightly spongy batter of mung bean flower fused with an egg that’s cracked on top, then spread, ensuring both come in every delicious bite.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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The spongy underside of the cap has pores—rather than gills as seen in Agaricales mushrooms such as shiitake and portobello—which are the openings to tubes through which spores exit the mushroom.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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How To Tell If A Cucumber Is Bad If a cucumber is soft, squishy, limp, slimy, or shows signs of mold, toss it.—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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People’s homes are much more unstructured environments with a wide variety of household tasks to perform that may include more fragile furniture and items—not to mention the presence of squishy flesh-and-blood humans who must not be harmed.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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