Adjective, : a paunchy middle-aged man. From Dictionary.com.
See that tall, kind of paunchy fellow who just came in? ". From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
Or at least some of us paunchy politicians, anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Jeffrey: Freedom of Speech: Non-Negotiable] Reference
At sixty-five, Gliddick was stooped and paunchy amidships. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
Like gray haired and paunchy folk, unafraid of the appearances. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
Then he cooled his heels while the florid, paunchy ex-politician. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
Then a flabby-jowled, paunchy fellow urged in throaty gutturals. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Half of them are fortysomething, a little paunchy, their hair thinning. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq's Mercenary King] Reference
In our actions and in our expectations, we toe the safe, paunchy middle. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: Today's Question: How'd it All Get So Mediocre?] Reference
Balding, a little paunchy, Pecina has an easy smile and a harried manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Grunt's War] Reference
As if they were too good to be in there mingling with the bald and paunchy. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Short and paunchy, Branscum is the archetype of the small-time Southern pol. From Wordnik.com. [A Friend In Need] Reference
His pantaloons were short, his figure was paunchy, authoritative and German. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Saun Dann is played by a paunchy Art Carney, doing his best Ed Norton in Space routine. From Wordnik.com. [The Star Wars Holiday Special] Reference
The paunchy dictator-in-wait-ing sported a diamond-studded Rolex and carried wads of cash. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs To The Kingdom] Reference
But what's to look at anyway — paunchy, balding — cherubic, maybe, curmudgeon, more like it. From Wordnik.com. [Desilu, Three Cameras] Reference
Somewhere in his paunchy little body he kept a perpetual bill of fare, checked off or unchecked. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
Riker had the ruddy face and paunchy figure of an editor who had attended too many press previews. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
He looked like a high-school athlete gone slightly paunchy, but still full of that old team spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
An older, somewhat paunchy man, clad in a white robe and skullcap, steps into the worshipers 'midst. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Sufism] Reference
So the Middle East matters, but the fate of paunchy, fries-eating America is being decided right here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2002] Reference
They are the paunchy guys toting around diaper bags, strollers and have lost all semblance of masculinity. From Wordnik.com. [Tamsen Fadal and Matt Titus: To Baby or Not To Baby? That Is The Question...] Reference
The door opened and a half dozen slightly sinister looking Filipinos glared back at the two paunchy white men. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
He better, because if he doesn't want the job I know of a certain paunchy 45 year old who would do it for free. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
Captain Miles vaan Leuderwolk was a paunchy, easygoing career officer who favored a shaved head and imposing beard. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
He is old and grey and paunchy and pasty -- and by '12, will be older, greyer, paunchier and pastier -- and snarls. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: To al-Qaeda's Cheers: Dick Cheney Is Running, Will Be the 2012 Republican Nominee] Reference
The other, a paunchy, wrinkled arthritic with matted fur who looks decades older, eats about twice as much each day. From Wordnik.com. [This House Keeps It Simple- And Ample-for Carnivores] Reference
Ads show a paunchy everyman haunted by the shadow of his former self-a golf-ball-driving, all-night-dancing lothario. From Wordnik.com. [Rx vs. XXX] Reference
Yes, you think of video gamers, and you typically think of paunchy teenagers with a lot of soda cans sort of strewn about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2004] Reference
Old, paunchy, and no longer fit for duty, he had come to ask my father's aid and been hired as an unskilled groundskeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Lieutenant Pearson-Smith was an over age, even slightly paunchy, emergency subaltern of 36, who had read history at Oxford. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
It's too bad that Mr. Mizrahi's layered T-shirt costuming makes both Mr. Sarabia and Mr. Guerra look unnecessarily paunchy. From Wordnik.com. [A Tharp Ballet That's Brand New] Reference
On him, as the Patrol must keep fit, it looked better than it did on most of the flabby, paunchy specimens I had seen in these halls. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
Anyway, Sedona is known for two things, and neither one is ranching: 1. hippie tourists and 2. "paunchy and ponytailed local hippies.". From Wordnik.com. [Claim: Ad Attacking Obama For Canceled Troop Visit Mainly Intended For Media] Reference
The editor's car pulled into the clearing shortly after six, and Qwilleran went out to meet his paunchy, red-faced, middle-aged friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Went Underground]
Louie is a retired gent who favors wing tips and dress slacks, a white haired paunchy sort who would be right at home at any country club. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
At dusk, two Americans - both aging military contractors, one white-haired, one paunchy - arrive to attempt repairs on the utility vehicle. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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