Common call him, from his cheery portliness of aspect. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
His height is about five feet ten inches; his figure very well made and slightly inclining to portliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
One day, at the end of office hours, he was visited by a man of about fifty whose portliness added to his dignity. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]
One cannot sing of the reverse: no poet could seriously lift up his voice in praise of her "ample waist" or "graceful portliness.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
After having a thorough look at the patient, the good doctor could not find anything wrong outside of the patient's extreme portliness. From Wordnik.com. [How Dr. Keynes Will Kill The Patient] Reference
Pottle himself was slender but gave an impression of portliness, probably because he held himself as if his arms and legs were ever so valuable. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Road] Reference
A substantial figure, very erect in carriage, supporting his portliness with that physical pride of portly men, moving with the dignity of bulk; a physiognomy of Rodinesque modelling. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Churchill's diminutiveness, and exaggerated those complacent smiles and oily rippling chins of Sir William Harcourt, continuing them long after the time when Sir William could boast the local portliness no more. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
So doing, we were accosted by a servitor, his portliness all in his calves. From Wordnik.com. [Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)] Reference
Mr. Anthony slid down in his chair, and clasped his hands across his portliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories] Reference
What a complexion I have, how spruce and well dressed, what portliness of person?. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes] Reference
It hurt him to look at David, so thin and feeble, so sunken from his former portliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Breaking Point] Reference
He was then thirty-one years of age, and of a compact, well-built figure, inclining to portliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion] Reference
Miss Upton's extreme portliness had caused her hours of laborious selection to fatigue her greatly. From Wordnik.com. [In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date] Reference
Albert coat, which served to dignify a growing portliness, and his coal-black whiskers glistened in the light. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
"Feminine corporal portliness is not necessarily judged to be ugly by the boys," Times Online quoted her as saying. From Wordnik.com. [Medindia Health News] Reference
Suddenly he laid his hat back, and drew up his form into as near a semblance of dignity as its portliness would allow. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Disappearance] Reference
And the Mini-Bone truly lends a regally porcine portliness to your tone, especially single coils as Bobby demonstrates above. From Wordnik.com. [Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog] Reference
In spite of his portliness, he walked with a most determined stride, held his head very erect, and spoke in his customary loud voice. From Wordnik.com. [My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71] Reference
I took a pique against him from the very portliness of his appearance, and stateliness of his manner, and bristled up as he accosted me. From Wordnik.com. [The Crayon Papers] Reference
At the end of the gang-plank, his portliness exceeded only by his stateliness, was the great potentate His Excellency the Mahmoudieh of Assuan. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of a Trooper] Reference
She was tall and commanding in figure, a little inclined toward portliness, but every motion was replete with graceful dignity and high-bred repose. From Wordnik.com. [Mona] Reference
The governor, a middle-aged, red-headed man a trifle inclined to portliness, had been seated in a huge reclining chair facing a teevee screen, but got up to shake hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Galaxy Primes] Reference
With his stringy long hair and slob-on-the-go portliness, Crowe unleashes a cunning, ferocious opponent worthy of any sleazy dirt bag in old-school reporter Cal McAffrey. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
Almost immediately he was ushered into the presence of a beaming, dapper - looking, little old gentleman, quick of speech and movement, in spite of some little portliness. From Wordnik.com. [Erewhon Revisited] Reference
Ganz's insistence, when they reached the office and the money-bag had been restored to its normal portliness, that the traveler should step into the house to rest and cool off. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
I heard it, "Mrs. West declared, her portliness rendering the figure of speech extremely impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
I followed with careful interest my daily increase toward my present -- let us not say obesity, but call it portliness. ". From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Bohemia] Reference
David Cameron has supposedly questioned Mr Pickles’s suitability to occupy a seat or two on his front bench on the grounds of the latter’s portliness. From Wordnik.com. [A fat-fighting New Year?] Reference
However, Morris’ current bulkiness — or, if you prefer, portliness — now keeps him from dancing full-out and presents a picture that takes some getting used to. From Wordnik.com. [Is Morris Feeling Boxed In? His Dynamic Company Shines] Reference
His portliness gave it weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Loudwater Mystery] Reference
Such pride is praise, such portliness is honor. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I] Reference
Such pride is praise, such portliness is honour. From Wordnik.com. [Rudely Thou Wrongest My Dear Heart's Desire] Reference
"-- with a wife inclining to portliness and six grown daughters, taller than their parents and not precisely in their first bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Good-for-Nothing] Reference
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