well-upholstered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I was a customer of White Pony Tony’s, regularly settling into the well-upholstered stand he had in the window of McCormick & Schmick’s on K Street NW.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022
In well-upholstered middle-age he made plush melodramas and thrillers.
From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2019
As ever on a Wednesday—no poor shots having yet been struck—Monty was in fine fettle as he settled into a suitably well-upholstered chair in front of his eager audience.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 25, 2018
Traditional isn't really very specific but gives everyone a kind of well-upholstered, wood-panelled sense of well-being.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2013
He had been used to a well-upholstered life.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
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