Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "podgy"

Lexicographically close words:
poderoso; poderosos; podesta; podestas; podge; podia; podian; podido; podium; podophyllin
  1. Fortunately he managed to keep himself under control, but for an instant Denbigh felt certain that his comrade's hard fist would come violently in contact with von Eckenstein's podgy nose.

  2. In an instant the recollection of that podgy man, with those black eyes set askew, crossed my mind.

  3. But his chin was hard as flint and it bruised my knuckles; while his great body was podgy and of an india-rubberlike flexibility.

  4. First lecture free to all," continued the podgy young man, smiling invitingly.

  5. The windows of one of the rooms on the ground-floor were brightly lighted, and even as we looked a large podgy young man, of the Sunday-School superintendent type, appeared on the front steps.

  6. The audience, composed exclusively of podgy young men like the secretary, received this exordium with different degrees of self-consciousness, after the manner of the Englishman when a foreign language is spoken in his presence.

  7. He was to shear Podgy as the horse cantered round.

  8. Podgy sat with hind-legs astride the horse and his head leaning back against Dave's chest.

  9. He sat down with one leg crossed over the other, his podgy be-ringed hand wandering with loving gentleness down the length of his shapely calf.

  10. Under torture, I know," rejoined de Batz placidly, holding his podgy hands to the warm glow of the fire.

  11. He was a short, podgy man, with black curly hair, a rounded nose, and bright eyes.

  12. They were Hindoos--the tall one probably a man of caste, the podgy person possibly a Baboo.

  13. This little chap has silver bangles on his podgy ankles but not a rag of any sort of clothing.

  14. Kutuzov without replying, striking the table with his podgy fist.

  15. Kutuzov, with his uniform unbuttoned so that his fat neck bulged over his collar as if escaping, was sitting almost asleep in a low chair, with his podgy old hands resting symmetrically on its arms.

  16. It would be as right and sensible to dwarf a Hollyhock into a podgy mass a foot high, or a Pentstemon, or a Foxglove.

  17. I must condole with you on the unexpected loss of a relative, who was in every way an honour to his name and his position," said the vicar, holding out a podgy hand.

  18. Guy Campbell, excitedly pounding his fat knee with his podgy hand.

  19. Von Donck rocked himself to and fro, chafing his legs with his podgy hands, scarlet with excitement.

  20. The Dutchman returned with his hat half filled with water and attended to the injuries of his new friend, with podgy hands which were but a little less rough than the nature of the man who owned them.

  21. Geoffrey put out his hand and grasped the podgy fingers.

  22. I think that 'ere podgy gel as honest as the day.

  23. Tappitt, with the suspicious quickness of a drunken man, turned sharply upon the podgy and abashed grocer, and abused him for his insolence.

  24. Her stout little companion however, was more indulgent, for he clapped loudly with his podgy hands, which the pose adopted by his wife left him free to use as he liked.

  25. He bent forward, resting his fat podgy hand on her knee.

  26. She pursed her lips at Maggie and moved her fat, podgy hand as though she would like to smack Maggie's cheeks.

  27. Was that really the stout, podgy schoolgirl, who had already, by virtue of her strong personality, made a certain impression in the university town?

  28. The soldier, who had risen heavily, offered Noel one of his podgy hands, with a sad and heavy giggle.

  29. The coachman leaned over confidentially, holding his podgy white-gloved hand outspread on a level with the Hon.

  30. He was a podgy little alien man, fattened beyond his years, and he said this with all a British sportsman's sternness.

  31. Devereux, a huge, loose-limbed fellow, was a giant beside the little, podgy Hun.

  32. Giving a glance in the opposite direction in order to make certain that no one was approaching from the Yorkshire side of the Pass, Hans cautiously placed a small battery within easy reach of his fat, podgy fingers.

  33. In no time Tony was put into the big bed, the bed so warm from Auntie Jan's body, with a lovely podgy magic something at his feet that radiated heat.

  34. He did not repulse her, he did not speak, but lay stiff and straight with his feet glued against that genial podgy something that was so infinitely comforting.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "podgy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.