Example sentences for: dumpy

How can you use “dumpy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The longest transcript and protein are encoded by dumpy (dp) , which encodes a massive 69.

  • The script, by Pamela Gray ( A Walk on the Moon ), has her students complain of her nastiness and perfectionism, but Streep--who has made herself look dumpy, thick-waisted, and bedraggled--is so busy telegraphing her vulnerability that all we get is dippy niceness.

  • Displays of historical costume have always revealed the way fashion-plate chic used to be adapted by clever dressmakers for the beefy or dumpy or flat-chested, but we're now used to thinking that fashionable bodies are molded to fit the mode, with the help of individualized exercise, liposuction, and implants.

  • Her "plump, dumpy" watercolor portrait of Jane shows an unremarkable woman utterly lacking in energy.


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