full-figured
Americanadjective
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Mara wrote such a full-figured person.”
From Los Angeles Times
I’m married now, and I’ve had a lot of therapy … I’ve healed and taken time for myself to learn how to love me as a Black, full-figured young lady who didn’t quite see a lot of women like myself in the industry.
From Los Angeles Times
For his mural, Toledo plans to create a “full-figured” portrait of his girlfriend floating in space and listening to a tape recorder.
From Los Angeles Times
They have enough money to buy a house in the ‘burbs where Margaret’s mom can pursue her artistic projects. Margaret’s friends can be petty and unkind, but the consequences are minimal. After Margaret teases full-figured Laura about what she might have been doing with boys behind the A&P, she cries and apologizes, even goes to confession, and later asks: “Are you there, God?
From Washington Post
This full-figured fish was like an armored Pac-Man.
From New York Times
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