Example Sentences

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Roland Schitt The beer-bellied, bemulleted mayor of Schitt’s Creek, Roland – expertly played by Chris Elliott – is a constant thorn in Johnny Rose’s side.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2020

He was about 6ft tall, beer-bellied, and wearing shorts and a yellow T-shirt with the words “Don’t Tread on Me” printed above a rattlesnake.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2016

But the UFC is not some tough-man contest with beer-bellied amateurs fighting for meal money.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2012

Wen is a beer-bellied man with a thick Abraham Lincoln-style beard.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2011

Hornbeck's Dolf Beeler, "a burly, beer-bellied foreman," enters Bud Bullard's Millville hardware store for a can of paint remover.

From Time Magazine Archive