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Recent Examples of potbelly This digestive machinery takes up a lot of room, giving the animals a potbelly. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025 An equipment manager had such a potbelly that his pants kind of got lost under the belly. Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025 For Valenti’s current foster pig, a black and white potbelly named Arnold, that means screaming around 5 p.m. demanding to be fed for dinner time or digging up acorns buried by squirrels in the backyard. Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025 The train car features a sitting area, kitchenette, gas potbelly stove, bathroom and king-sized bed. Celia Fernandez,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025 For example, a mid-century handmade potbelly stove ornament doesn’t hang all that far on my tree from an arguably humiliating fifth grade craft project and Snapfish.com creation immortalizing the Germantown neighborhood's now shuttered Come Back Inn. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024 The bathroom was an outhouse, and the family relied on a potbelly stove for heat. Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023 Medieval men did like a potbelly on their women, though. Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potbelly
Noun
  • Notice the rise and fall of your belly; the air moving in and out of your nostrils.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But my belly is full off Alfredo.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As part of the necropsy, the bear’s stomach contents will be examined.
    Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Lemons are acidic, but adding a little lemon juice to warm water and honey can neutralize stomach acids.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The display ends and Prabowo strolls the ranks of recruits, asking their home province, their university major, and razzing a couple of the stoutest about their paunch.
    Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024

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“Potbelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potbelly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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