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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "corpulence" in a sentence

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    corpulence


    1. He traced the contours of his corpulence,


    2. He was a man of about five and thirty, short, stout even to corpulence, and clean shaven


    3. But the springs of the right side having at length given way beneath the weight of his corpulence, it happened that the carriage as it rolled along leaned over a little, and on the other cushion near him could be seen a large box covered in red sheep-leather, whose three brass clasps shone grandly


    4. One fat Monk came after me, but I quickly eluded him by ducking into a Niche whither his surpassing Corpulence prevented him from following me


    5. I wish I could wear housedresses, to disguise my corpulence


    6. Though the doctors warned him that with his corpulence wine was dangerous for him, he drank a great deal


    7. But it is true that we have exchanged corpulence for starvation, and either one will kill us


    8. The huge corpulence of that Hogarthian monster undulates on the surface, scarcely drawing one inch of water


    9. Fourth: Stealing unawares upon the whale in the fancied security of the middle of solitary seas, you find him unbent from the vast corpulence of his dignity, and kitten-like, he plays on the ocean as if it were a hearth


    10. And now, as if for the first time, they perceived the horrible bluishness of his face and the loathsome corpulence of his body

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    Synonyms for "corpulence"

    adiposis corpulence overweight stoutness obesity plumpness

    "corpulence" definitions

    the property of excessive fatness