Example Sentences
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Before, she’d been “hiding behind facades, physically overfed and spiritually undernourished.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Chief among them is the post–Cold War consolidation of more than 50 weapons manufacturers, some of them nimble competitors, into a handful of sluggish, overfed megacompanies.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
“Conventional breeds were overfed protein, under ventilated and our recommendations for hatching were not followed,” Gies said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
It always left us feeling loved and nourished, if slightly overfed.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2021
“Now get on the wagon before that overfed, underworked horse of ours dies of old age.”
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
