| 单词 | rotund |
| 例句 | Seated cross-legged on a brocade pillow, wrapped in burgundy robes, was a short, rotund man with a shiny pate. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Junior was a rotund little man with a cherubic face, who was as smart as a whip and liked all over the town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, miss. They do the job,” said one of the Helpers, a short rotund man who looked rather like a bullfrog and sounded even more like one. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Though he was somewhat rotund, hard muscle lay in the arm beneath her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Hicks paused to catch his breath, then walked up to a small, rotund recruit who stood in the front of the second squad. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rotund Ogden Morrow was naturally charismatic, and he handled all of the company’s business affairs and public relations. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Bethell was a jovial, rotund man and when I first met him, I teased him about his stoutness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One Jewish friend of his father’s, Mr. Poncz, a rotund man who was normally cheerful and full of jokes, always got agitated when talking politics. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s last-round opponent was the rotund Abe Turner, a perpetual acting student whose great claim to thespian fame was that he’d been a contestant on Groucho Marx’s television program, You Bet Your Life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A senior Weekday Warrior named Holly Moser sketched nude self-portraits in charcoal pencil, portraying her rotund form in all its girth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Sunlight slanted in from the left, casting a shadow on half of his rotund face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One brownstone was rotund—like a jolly, well-fed grandfather—with a curved facade and decorative curlicues above round, owlish windows. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was not quite as rotund as the Slughorn Harry knew, though the golden buttons on his richly embroidered waistcoat were taking a fair amount of strain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "The Lady Meera of House Reed," the rotund guardsman bellowed over the clamor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her rotund figure dressed in hospital gown and slippers at the head of the demonstrators inspired many less committed Hayti residents to battle on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z My sister hated her nose, too—hers was smaller but more rotund than mine—and my parents agreed that something needed to be done about it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He settled his rotund frame onto a prayer rug in front of the crowd and cleared his throat into the microphone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When I opened the door, I was shocked to see not a messenger, but the rotund figure of Mr. Goldbuttons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The second guard, a rotund fellow with a scar down his right cheek, nodded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He remembered a rotund black man, with a bald head and a crisp blue uniform, watching over him on the train, bringing him sandwiches, and tucking him into his berth at night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A short, rotund woman with cropped and curled hair, beautifully clear, dark skin, and a radiant smile walked out. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Three rotund people gaze up at a bizarre rooftop construction: a central pole with decorative architectural fragments attached, topped by a cut-glass globe with glowing light bulbs inside. Art Review: ?Real-Surreal? at the Whitney - Review 2011-10-27T22:50:36Z It's the story of Michael Beard, a rotund Nobel Prize-winning scientist with five ex-wives, an opportunistic approach to his work and a vague feeling that, perhaps, he isn't a very good fellow. 'Solar': Ian McEwan's novel of a scientist seeking the light 2010-03-31T21:18:00Z Mr. Prudhomme’s short, rotund figure and his soft Cajun accent became familiar through his hundreds of appearances on television. Paul Prudhomme, celebrated chef of Cajun cuisine, dies at 75 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z A rotund, boastful little man with a helicopter propeller on his back, Karlson lives in a tiny house on the roof of an apartment inhabited by a "perfectly ordinary" seven-year-old boy. In translation: nine authors pick their favourite children's fiction 2013-06-28T17:29:01Z The man with a rotund stomach is cropped at the neck so that he seems the embodiment of All-American gluttony. Art Review: Leon Levinstein?s Photographs of New Yorkers 2010-06-24T20:30:00Z Rohan grew into a rotund preteen who very much looked up to his older brother, who he never knew was adopted. My streaming gem: why you should watch Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z She abstracted his image into what looks like just an ear, a rotund belly and a sternly outstretched arm. Antiques: A Ballet?s Costumes Take Center Stage 2010-09-23T21:11:00Z As the rotund Robert gets a little too frank about his intentions, his wife and Daniel draw away from him in moral disgust and each walks off in a different direction. A Late Quartet – review 2013-04-06T23:06:19Z They reflect several uses of the technique and culminate in a rotund woman depicted in a marbled cloak and seated, perhaps beside a marbled stream. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And it might not be what film producers like to believe, but the rotund Rafe was a bit of a babe magnet. Rafe Spall: from fat to fit 2013-01-19T09:00:00Z Generally, or at least in the recipes I try, that creativity centres on the rotund figure of the coconut. How to make the perfect rice and peas 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Tall and increasingly rotund as he grew older, Grout had an immensely wide-ranging career on stage, radio and television for more than 50 years. James Grout obituary 2012-07-03T12:19:13Z Right now this debris also boasts a dazzling white team shirt of Brazil’s Corinthians soccer club, refolded in its torn grubby wrapper, bearing the signature of its rotund, recently retired superstar Ronaldo. My secret hoarding shame: I lived with my trash. It was time to throw it all away 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z But when they checked in for their next flight, the Turkish Airline's clerk looked with raised eyebrows at Mom's rotund belly which was emphasized by her petite frame. The parasites inside my mother were both real and spiritual 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z With the willowy Jacqueline Green in the “Grace” lead, as the divine figure guiding this broadly spiritual work, Mr. Brown’s rotund, sky-and-earth-saluting movement at first seemed mellower than usual. Alvin Ailey Dance Highlights Teamwork in Recent Performances 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z I was perplexed when I saw it: an image of an ordinary overweight, even rotund, man, wearing a cap. The Fierce and Seductive Men of Flamenco 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Celyn Jones, the Welsh actor who plays Thomas in “Set Fire to the Stars,” is scruffier and more rotund than the cherubic writer as seen in vintage photographs. Review: ‘Set Fire to the Stars’ Unleashes Dylan Thomas on America 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Certainly he looks spectacularly chunky – perhaps more rotund than Cheney himself ever was. Why Vice should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z It could also lead to the rotund, 64-year-old star of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Asterix and Obelix" getting a tougher sentence if convicted - in theory up to two years in prison. Depardieu skips French court to prep for Strauss-Kahn role 2013-01-08T13:16:24Z Get that image of a bellicose, rotund Rush Limbaugh out of your head. I fell in love with a Republican 2014-01-15T00:00:00Z She introduces her pregnancy with a close-up on her rotund belly, saying, “and there’s someone else who is going to be joining us.” Perspective | Why a pro-abortion-rights candidate ran an ad where she gives birth 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z In fact, his rotund stomach is created before our eyes: having helped Falstaff consume an enormous lunch, Pistol and Bardulph pack away the giant tablecloth by stuffing it under his shirt. Falstaff 2010-09-06T21:30:00Z She was the rotund, irascible, penny-pinching widow who opened her own detective agency in 1936 after her husband died. Anne Holt's top 10 female detectives 2010-12-08T12:34:00Z The jolly, obscenely rotund ringleader of this band is, of course, Falstaff, a nobleman with a flagrant lack of morals who delights in splashing around the sewers of London. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z If being increasingly rotund is the price I pay for sleeping in past half five, having dressing on my salad and eating more than protein on protein, it’s one I’m willing to pay. Can I cook like ... Anna Wintour? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z But the rotund rodent that escaped de Blasio's grasp and later died was not the famed Chuck. New York celebrity groundhog dead after fall from mayor's grasp 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Proving the thrill never fades, we all got quiet when the elusive Montezuma quail, a rotund, charismatic bird with facial racing stripes and polka-dot sides, emerged from the tall grass just before sunset. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z At the sight of the rotund Pig family, the number of happy people on our airplane skyrocketed from zero to one. Flying with my toddler is easy 2012-08-31T23:30:00Z Specifically, one rotund rodent who finds itself in her room, adorably squeaking. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z There he is, lurking with rotund grandeur at the very forefront of film greatness, like an over-zealous restaurant manager in a PG Wodehouse novel. What's wrong with Hitchcock's women 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z British and American cultures in the 17th, 18th and, to a certain degree, the 19th centuries valued large or rotund male bodies. Why do men obsess over six-packs 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z “That title belongs to a balding, rotund booking agent named Frank Barsalona.” Frank Barsalona, Rock ’n’ Roll Concert Promoter, Dies at 74 2012-11-29T16:24:46Z It was the tail end of breeding season, and fat pups weaned from their mothers were marooned awkwardly on the beach, comically rotund balloons resting on their sides. A Lighthouse to Call Your Own 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z He's a larger-than-life character: just over six-foot tall, rotund, affable and with a wardrobe of brightly coloured pinstripe shirts, tailored trousers and the shiniest of dress shoes. Meet Nozinja, the Simon Cowell of Soweto's Shangaan electro scene 2013-07-05T12:00:00Z But he remains his jolly, rotund self even as he's kidnapped by Jack Skellington, the king of Halloween Town, which celebrates my personal favorite holiday all year round. A ranking of bad Santas, from naughty to vice 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z He begins to wear the kind of “expandable webbed leather belt favored by rotund country club golfers, which grew and shrank with the size of one’s trousers.” In New Memoirs, Food Writers Serve Up Stories About Their Beat 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z His portrait of Mikhail, at full length, pictures him in morning dress, rotund and self-assured. French and Russian Art on a ‘War and Peace’ Scale 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Alas, I was a rotund, bespectacled kid with a larger than normal backside; a kid, moreover, who refused to live on Duran Duran's "Planet Earth". The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z None of that matters to the audience; what viewers see is Jonah Hill playing Diveroli as a rotund, coke-snorting Mephistopheles with a genuinely disturbing laugh. Bros in the heart of darkness: Jonah Hill and Miles Teller’s ”War Dogs” is a scathing indictment of Dick Cheney’s America 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z He is cherished at the Met and among opera lovers, an effusive personage born in Cincinnati but a quintessential New Yorker, a rotund man given to wearing open-necked polo shirts in rehearsal. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z Ms. Polizzi, seven months pregnant, wore a gold bow in her hair, earrings the size of 45-r.p.m. singles and a translucent red dress that emphasized her newly rotund belly. Stars of MTV’s ‘Snooki & JWoww’ Enjoy the Attention 2012-06-27T12:00:00Z “His potions lessons are full of interesting things. With students keen to see what each day will bring. With his large moustache and rotund shape, who teaches this class after Professor Snape.” Play With Potions in J.K. Rowling's Third Day of Christmas 'Story' 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z However, the rotund and bespectacled Ebert had a way of ingratiating himself with his readers even when they disagreed with his lucid and fair reviews. Roger Ebert obituary 2013-04-04T21:17:32Z In Hollywood, the rotund character actor found steady work appearing in the occasional movie and as a regular on weekly TV shows starring Debbie Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sandy Duncan and others. 'Happy Days' dad Tom Bosley dead at 83 2010-10-19T19:15:00Z And in the background, a little, rotund elephant romps in the sunlight, a sign of chastity and grace. When Rembrandt Met an Elephant 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z In the past, pictures of Winnie the Pooh, an internet meme that played on Xi's supposed likeness to the rotund cartoon bear, have also been scrubbed from the Chinese internet. Book critical of Ming emperor recalled after drawing online comparisons with Xi 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Live bear cams provided an up-close glimpse into the world of these rotund ursids as they caught sockeye salmon and engaged in other bear activities. A government shutdown almost wrecked Fat Bear Week. Now we have our round winner 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z This trap contained two fully grown, rotund adults, two balls of bristly fur that had merged into what one member of the trapping team called a single “big squish.” In the Big City, Wildlife Researchers Are on the Prowl 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Launched in 2014, the event allows bear fans to cast their ballots on which rotund ursid has done the best job of filling out for winter hibernation. National Park Service's Fat Bear Week could take a big pause if government shuts down 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Men with rotund faces sport tiny mustaches; hefty ladies smoke miniature cigarettes. This week’s passages 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Colombian artist Fernando Botero, whose sculptures and paintings of playful rotund subjects in sometimes harrowing situations made him one of the world's richest artists, has died at the age of 91. Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near coast of northern Chile -GFZ 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Colombian artist Fernando Botero, whose sculptures and paintings of playful rotund subjects in sometimes harrowing situations made him one of the world's richest artists, has died at the age of 91. Poland, Hungary, Slovakia to continue unilateral ban on Ukraine grains 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Colombian artist Fernando Botero, whose sculptures and paintings of playful rotund subjects in sometimes harrowing situations made him one of the world's richest artists, has died at the age of 91. Morocco's king keeps regal distance even in earthquake crisis 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Colombian artist Fernando Botero, whose sculptures and paintings of playful rotund subjects in sometimes harrowing situations made him one of the world's richest artists, has died at the age of 91. Polish foreign ministry sacks legal chief as 'cash for visas' scandal grows 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z “The name of this rotund monarch with the rakish mustache had become synonymous with international playboy,” The Times noted. Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z A rotund figure in a gray uniform jumped out and ran toward him while he raised his hands. The real border surge: The end of Title 42 and the triumph of the border-industrial complex 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z With the beginning of bear season, wildlife officials have stressed that residents should take precautions to avoid potential encounters with these rotund creatures. The bears are back in town. How to stay safe this bear season 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The last was in 1821, for the rotund, spendthrift George IV. One of the reasons it was the last? Essay: Which king hired bouncers to block the queen from his coronation? Astonishing moments in British crowning 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Later, its bulbous, almost cartoonishly rotund body carried unwieldy industrial objects like wind turbine blades or locomotives, and pleased crowds at air shows. Restoring a Giant Plane: Ukrainian Resilience or Folly? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z A rotund, middle-aged mystery man showed up to the set of “The Batman” early in production. How the Oscar-nominated makeup team of 'The Batman' made Colin Farrell disappear 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Yes, according to this rotund Ukrainian turncoat, Mr. Musk‘s allowing free speech on Twitter is the equivalent of Joseph Goebbels’ campaign to kill 6 million Jews in gas chambers during World War II. Twitter’s new reign of free speech exposes true fascists like Alexander S. Vindman 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z They lambasted its rotund concrete exterior, likening it to a “bomb shelter” and a “maimed monument.” Hirshhorn museum plans major renovation once sculpture garden reopens 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet around the same time that Roosevelt was traipsing through Africa and slaughtering these rotund mammals, other Americans were planning on bringing hippopotamuses to their own country. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z At the palace, where the rotund Baby Doc perched on a throne, Barrack pitched the virtues of the deal. How one of Trump's best friends was trapped in the Jersey swamps: An American tale 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z I don’t know that there was any player whom Vinny loved to interview more than the former Reds and Dodgers second baseman, the affable and rotund Lenny Harris. Letters to Sports: It's time for readers' Vin Scully memories 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Kryda said geological satellite images available on a Polish government portal revealed a rotund shape that looked like a Viking burial mound. Is Danish king who gave name to Bluetooth buried in Poland? 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Other parallel muscles are rotund with tendons at one or both ends. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Souki pushed ahead, though, and soon Cheniere’s gargantuan export facility was rising up out of the bayou, its hulking steel pipeline arrays and rotund storage tanks looming over the swampy water. How One Restaurateur Transformed America’s Energy Industry 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The rotund animal reemerged in early April, when a resident reported seeing a collared bear. Have you seen this bear? Very big and ‘highly mobile,’ it’s eluded capture near Issaquah 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Floridians cherish manatees, rotund and gentle giants that have long captured the human imagination, but people have failed to care for the animals’ environment, putting the species’ survival at risk. Trying everything, even lettuce, to save Florida’s beloved manatees 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z But it’s a little, well, heavy: Dressed in elaborate, intricately patterned textiles, three sumo wrestlers nearly fill the frame, picnicking beneath cherry trees, their rotund bodies a stark contrast to the delicate flowers overhead. There’s more to the Cherry Blossom Festival than trees. Check out these artful alternatives. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The fate of the rotund fellow became a cause célèbre as photos of him circulated on the internet, where his many aliases included Yogi, Chunky and the Big Guy. A Tahoe bear faced euthanasia after a spate of break-ins. DNA evidence spared him 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Plush versions of the rotund, space suit-wearing panda mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics are in short supply with fans waiting for hours, often lining up at stores before opening time, to buy the souvenir. A must-have chubby panda in a space suit has a ‘scarcity problem’ at the Winter Olympics 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Kolkata wears its past on its sleeve like few other cities, from its rotund yellow taxis to its antiquated trams. Coffee or Chai? At 2 Kolkata Cafes, ‘Adda’ Is What’s Really on the Menu 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The comparison isn’t meant to suggest that Collins is a jolly, rotund fellow with a penchant for red velvet and an affinity for elves. Opinion | Godspeed, Francis Collins 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z He committed to the bit of treating his LP rollout with the serene, floral joy of a celebrity Instagram pregnancy announcement, rotund belly and all. How Lil Nas X made the most radical run of queer music videos in pop history 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Harding, standing 5 feet 9 if the measurement was generous and with a rotund figure thanks to an appetite that got regular mentions in gossip columns, asked manager Johnny Vergez to audition the men. In football stadiums and ballparks, he fought for the rights of Black athletes 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Although he famously became a pitchman for a weight-loss aid and shed 40 pounds on a dare in 1988, he was instantly recognizable for his rotund figure and the sagging pouches under his eyes. Dodgers legendary manager Tommy Lasorda dies at age 93 of a heart attack 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z That first novel also introduced George Smiley, the rotund and unkempt spymaster who would become the main or side character in at least eight of le Carré’s novels. John le Carré, spy novelist transcended pulp genre to literary art, has died 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Several rotund pigs galumphed through several inches of mud, deceptive pig smiles on their upturned snouts. Michigan sanctuary gives respite for wounded animals, people 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z I loved Ferrell first and foremost because she looked and sounded like my people — red-haired and rotund, but worldly-wise and dry rather than jolly. Appreciation: Conchata Ferrell was the kind of actor you wanted to see in everything 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In retirement, the rotund Hanmer now looks like the sort of man you would want to have play Father Christmas in the annual pageant. Quite possibly the rudest club in the world? - Golf Digest 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z My closest friend was always Aurora, a pleasingly rotund penguin with an elephant-shaped slide in her house. From first love to unfollowing – culture that sums up romance in 2020 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Inside was a rotund clay pot covered by a triangle of woven leaves. Water, Water Everywhere Quenched Myanmar’s Thirst. Then the Clay Pots Disappeared. 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Last season Sano weighed in at more than 300 pounds, a rotund mound at third base. Twins Don’t Know What Hit Them. (Hint: It Was the Yankees Again.) 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Edgerton, here more rotund than he’s been before, plays the knight principally as a reluctant warrior. Review: In ‘The King,’ Chalamet inherits the throne 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Dressed casually except for leather Gucci loafers, the goateed, slightly rotund 59-year-old former major league scout ambled past a Mercedes-Benz in his driveway to greet two visitors one sweltering morning in May. As feds probe MLB’s Latin American operations, a flashy scout and contested deal draw interest 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z There were soaring Art Deco columns framing enormous arched mirrors; little round tables covered in crisp white tablecloths beneath rotund black-and-white chandeliers. Janelle Monáe With a Side of Tuxedo Dressing 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Shortly after 9 p.m., as the sun began to set on the rotund glass facade housing Renault’s headquarters on the outskirts of Paris, the board called a break. Here’s how the $37-billion Fiat Chrysler-Renault merger went into the ditch 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Just in the past week, a rotund porcupine, who seemed equally startled by me. “I Wanted to Be Surprised” 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z But both movies feature an evil vizier with a pet bird, and a rotund king with a beautiful daughter. Ahead of Aladdin, watch the lost film that helped shape it 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z On the right: President Trump, looking especially rotund in golf attire. Mayor Pete surging in Iowa 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Later she was joined by a rotund, excitable tenor in a performance of Glory, Glory, Tottenham Hotspur, arranged by renowned musical director Steve Sidwell, who is an actual renowned musical director. Astonishing new stadium brings hope and fear to Tottenham Hotspur | Barney Ronay 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Ben and Billy had their first game together in July 1957, and the rotund young man from Southern California made everything he looked at. The Masters champion who couldn't read or write - Golf Digest 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He works the surface with both hands to reveal the rotund outlines of the truffle. Would you risk your life for a truffle? In Iraq’s desert, the dangerous search is worth the prize 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Nine emergency responders, including firefighters and animal rescue, arrived at the scene in the town of Bensheim in southwestern Germany to give the rotund rat a hand. Fat rat stuck in sewer saved after nine-person rescue effort in Germany 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, the Associated Press asked British actor how he felt in Cheney's rather rotund body. Christian Bale felt 'like a bullfrog' transforming into Dick Cheney 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Reilly is particularly poignant as he soldiers through the rotund Hardy’s worsening health. Review: Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly bring Laurel and Hardy to life in ‘Stan & Ollie’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But like so many inventors, Nast benefitted from the work of his fellow visionaries in creating the rotund, resplendent figure of Santa Claus.” Trump flips again: Shutdown back on 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Sitting on the cab of an SUV, Tshisekedi is smiling, bespectacled, rotund, sweating. ‘Things must change’: DRC hopes for fresh start as election looms 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Male bears are bigger but Beadnose was deemed to be more rotund. And the fattest bear in Alaska is ... 409 Beadnose 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z It is up to the public to decide which is the most rotund bear. Fat Bear Week: Alaska's brown bears face off in battle of the plumpest 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z On the eve of the Senior British Open at St. Andrews, the rotund Scotsman brought all of the above to the media center. Colin Montgomerie: This is Europe's best Ryder Cup team, ever - Golf Digest 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z In it, the rotund Viking visits a library and brings a stack of books to the checkout counter. Opinion | Under Trump, jokes about burning books aren’t funny 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The mild-mannered Rouhani, a rotund cleric known for his constant smile, put a fresh, moderate face on Iran’s foreign policy. His nuclear deal and economy are crumbling, but don’t write off Iran’s president yet 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Off set, rotund actors practiced front flips onto a dusty mat. China’s largest movie studio is vast, and so is its audience. But filmmakers have to toe the party line 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The ball, in turn, will get so rotund that it will roll directly onto the game’s lead character, who has been idly dozing in a cardboard box the whole time but finally awakens. Chuchel is a whimsical adventure game that’s guaranteed to make you smile 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Once the progression made it to New Park Pizzeria, a 32-year-old Sharpton, rotund, with a track suit and a perm, went in and ordered a slice. Al Sharpton, Reconsidered 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z He increasingly resembles his grandfather, a national deity, down to the coifed flattop, gregarious grin and rotund waist. North Korean Leader, Known for His Bluster, Reveals Diplomatic Skills 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Some are fluffy and rotund, while others are bizarre-looking and scrawny. Cat Condo blends cute cats with an addictive idle clicker game 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Staged at Paris’s grand Hôtel de Ville, this latest show featured extravagant confections of brightly hued, knitted tulle; models also sported oversize costumes, transforming them into rotund yet delicate creatures from another realm. Would You Wear a “Shrunken Suit”? Designer Thom Browne is Betting Yes 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Others shared pictures of Winnie the Pooh, an internet meme that plays on Xi’s supposed likeness to the rotund cartoon bear, an image censors have repeatedly tried to remove. China pushes back against criticism of plan for Xi to stay in power 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z She's also a huge Olaf fan, and when the rotund snowman appears onstage for the first time she grabs for her mother's hand in excitement. 'Frozen' has its first performance on Broadway, and the fan frenzy begins 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A joke about a heavy-set actor, for instance, likely won’t fly even if it’s delivered by a similarly rotund comedian, he said. Oscar funnyman to show: play up envelope mess, not harassers 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Servants had shortened Foss's tail in the belief it would keep him from wandering off, and he was on the rotund side and not considered an attractive cat. Whiskers in the workplace: More cats with careers 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Beetle’s cast includes the title character, a lanky goof-off whose eyes are always covered by the visor of his hat or helmet; his rotund nemesis, Sgt. Mort Walker, whose ‘Beetle Bailey’ was a comic-page staple for decades, dies at 94 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Others shared pictures of Winnie the Pooh, an internet meme that plays on Xi’s supposed likeness to the rotund cartoon bear, an image censors have repeatedly tried to remove. China pushes back against criticism of plan for Xi to stay in power 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Those rotund legs pack a powerful punch—more than 4 kilograms of force—according to the first study ever to measure babies’ kicks in the womb. Babies in the womb pack more than 4 kilograms of force per kick 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z On 9 July, as the defeat of Isis was declared in Mosul, the prime minister, dressed in military fatigues, stood flanked by rotund generals in crisp uniforms, and gave the long-awaited victory speech. After the liberation of Mosul, an orgy of killing 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The palm-sized mammals resemble squirrels but with larger eyes and more rotund bodies. Predator-Proof Nests May Help Save Endangered Parrots 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The rotund little hedgehog — who is smaller than a human hand, based on the pictures — seems to have quite a luxe life, assuming that he enjoys his modeling career. The Internet's New Best Friend Is an Adventurous Hedgehog 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The story, first published as an album in 1965, recounts the adventures of shrewd Gallic hero Asterix and his rotund sidekick Obelix as they travel around France collecting local delicacies and wine. Good Gaul: Asterix illustration sells for record €1.4m in Paris 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z A rotund, gregarious gourmand, he enjoyed nothing so much as a bountiful table and Cuban cigars as he grew wealthy from duties on oil exported illegally through Turkey. Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z A rotund, gregarious gourmand, he enjoyed nothing so much as a a bountiful table and Cuban cigars as he grew wealthy from duties on oil exported illegally through Turkey. Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z "It's the only sport that I know of - and I use the term sport loosely - whereby you score runs without moving, so for a rather rotund fellow like myself it's great." The weird and wonderful world of pub games - BBC News 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z What's more, the rotund marine mammals seem to be experiencing a baby boom. Sea Cow Baby Boom Is Good News for Great Barrier Reef 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z He suggests replacing anything too rotund with traditional flat laces, made from softer materials. String theory – the knotty science of shoelaces 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The woman of the house was rotund and had some trouble walking. A $500 House in Detroit: rebuilding a home and the city that we'd all want 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Trump is also unlikely to follow through on an off-hand suggestion he made at a campaign rally in Atlanta to invite the rotund young leader, Kim Jong Un, out for a hamburger. A big challenge for the author of 'The Art of the Deal' — getting China to rein in North Korea 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The optics, to use a Washington word, of the president enjoying a state dinner with the rotund Kim Jong Un, while his people starve, are unappealing. Perspective | Rex Tillerson’s ‘new approach’ to North Korea sounds a lot like the old approach 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z He is round-faced and short and rotund, bland and urbane and smiling. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Mother Divine, as she generally known, was a tall, blonde 21-year-old Canadian when she married Father Divine, the aging, rotund 5-foot-2 African American founder of a religious movement called the International Peace Mission. Mother Divine, widow of eccentric religious figure who claimed to be God, dies 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z One of those navigating the cavernous white terminal was a rotund Asian man traveling alone, checking in for a flight to Macau after a week in Malaysia. Malaysian airport assassination focuses new attention on North Korean leader 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Appropriately, of Sherlock’s rotund and secretive brother, Mycroft, we learn nothing. ‘Arthur and Sherlock:’ the city and the genius that made Sherlock Holmes real 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Their tiny shops — past the rotund Buddha knickknacks, egg pancake stalls, signs that warn of lying mystics — smell strongly of incense and require the warmth of a coat. The Chinese zodiac says Jan. 20 is not an auspicious day to inaugurate anything 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The traditional image of Santa, as a jolly, rotund, and white, character is deeply embedded in American culture. The secret history of black Santas - BBC News 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The barrel-chested Wade, the most rotund sauropod found so far, weighed about 22 tons. Meet the New Titanosaur. You Can Call It Wade. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Not the trunk, rotund and rotted inside and long since shored up with cement, like a cavity in a bad tooth. A 600-Year-Old Oak Tree Finally Succumbs 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z After Bone became an immediate social media sensation, the site Yandy.com - known for creating costumes based on hot-button pop-culture figures - didn’t waste any time with the rotund, mustachioed Bone. Is there an ‘ick’ factor to Trump, Clinton for Halloween? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z So beloved where these rotund reptilians that the game spawned a vast range of sequels and spin-offs, including the brilliant Puzzle Bobble series. From cute cats to super monkeys: the 18 most adorable video game animals 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Bour, the Marlins’ rotund first baseman, is famous mostly in his own family but expressed gratitude for the recognition from Suzuki. Ichiro Suzuki donates 3,000-hit souvenirs to Hall of Fame 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Bour, the Marlins' rotund first baseman, is famous mostly in his own family but expressed gratitude for the recognition from Suzuki. Ichiro Suzuki donates 3,000-hit souvenirs to Hall of Fame 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The cuddly critter’s rotund belly disguises a microphone, which Yu Hui uses to send rambling updates and songs to her parents; it lights up when she gets an incoming message back. WeChat’s world 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The rotund, flightless parrots are only found in New Zealand, where they live on three predator-free islands. New Zealand kakapo sees bumper breeding season - BBC News 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Willis said he is a bit overweight, though not as heavy as when people used to call him Cartman, after the rotund “South Park” character. What Are You Talking About? Willis Wins at Wimbledon 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z At its worst, the disintegrating boats arriving here carried 400 to 500 asylum seekers each: “Even I myself was shocked,” said Ahmed, his hand movements rotund and twisting as they attempted to encapsulate the problem. Doctor, artist, engineer, blogger: human stories of Malta's own migration crisis 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Made up of the rotund, jocular Englishman Ronnie Barker and the diminutive mischievous Scot Ronnie Corbett, the pair would become known for their hilarious sketches, mock news bulletins and comedy songs. Obituary: Ronnie Corbett - BBC News 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z His oversized sweatshirt and sweatpants belie his rotund frame, and the incandescent light from above reflects off of his cleanly shaven head. The Meaning of Life Without Parole 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Anne also objects to the prominence of a rotund sorority girl named Beth who helps Wonder Woman out – and to the Amazon’s giant battle kangaroos. Wonder Woman gets back to her BDSM roots in 2016 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It is the name of Spain’s Christmas lottery — the world’s largest, with about $2.4 billion in prize money — not the rotund fellow who lives at the North Pole. Your Tuesday Briefing 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z "Part of being a child is believing in magic," says the rotund figure who also appears on sightseeing cruise boats on the River Thames. London Santa says leap of faith is part of Christmas magic 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z It was clearly just what the hundreds gathered there, including a rotund Father Christmas, wanted to hear. Amid stollen and glühwein, terrorism fear haunts Germany’s Christmas markets 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z A thick, rotund man with heavy jowls, Slutsky often takes ribbing — from the news media, the fans and his own players — for his appearance. Leonid Slutsky Juggles Two Demanding Jobs in Russian Soccer 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The wilful violation of curfews, such as in Tahrir Square in 2011, can be a powerful political statement However, a rotund colleague of his in a flack jacket was in a less forgiving mood. Cities at night: why our right to use public spaces after dark is under threat 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z She is apt to wax enthusiastic about the potato’s beauty, from its rotund glossiness to the way it opens and splits “like a blossoming flower” once baked. In Latest Mash-Up, China Puts Spotlight on Spuds 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z There may be another reason for that: Instead of the slim, torpedo shape of most white sharks, "she's pretty rotund," adds Lowe. Is This The Biggest Great White Shark Ever Filmed? 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Massa is a legend of the conference, best known for an incident last year when he named a rotund silent actor after watching just a few frames of him — shot from behind. Silent movie buffs search the screen for clues to origins of 'Mostly Lost' films 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Researchers first randomly showed 60 eighth graders a svelte jelly-bean-like cartoon character or a similar rotund character and asked them to comment on the images. 'Fat' Cartoon Characters May Make Children Eat More 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Upstairs, my son and I watched Bartolo Colon, another Mets pitcher, prove masterful in his rotund way, mixing speeds and locations and walking no one. Next Thing Mets Hit May Be a New Low 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Restaurants—and food trucks—serving topnotch fare will keep your solstice waistline rotund. Get Out of Dodge: 9 Reasons to Visit Hudson, New York 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z At sixty-five, he is tall and rotund, with a round, amiable face and a thatch of gray-white hair. Conservatives for Criminal-Justice Reform 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The car-tire-size opah is striking enough thanks to its rotund, silver body. First Warm-Blooded Fish Discovered 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The devoted actor brings to life the rotund, grumbling curmudgeon so authentically that he actually spent two years learning how to paint in preparation for the role. Blu-ray reviews: Mr. Turner and GoodFellas (25th Anniversary Edition) 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z It is the sight of the rotund Bartolo Colon, locating what is left of his fastball with precision when he is pitching and making us laugh when he is not. A-Rod still hitting homers, even if Yankees don't want to pay for them 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z People who had lived on the block long enough knew it had something to do with the building’s owner, a short, rotund man who had lived above the storefront with his wife in the 1980s. A Brooklyn Storefront Hid an Artist’s Decades of Work 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z His rotund nephew and a 17-year-old apprentice haul in a net. Japan fisherman in post-tsunami town sees hope in 'dream oysters' 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The pronouncements of such eminent economic wizards as those sampled by the Booth School are as unpersuasive as they are rotund. Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire As The American Left Discovers Its Inner Love Of The Fed, Part Two 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Mrs MacDonald said he was the same as when he went missing "but a little more rotund". Missing cat found after 8 years 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z For many an iconic presence with a colorful dress sense — Roussos was once dubbed the Kaftan King — and rotund, bearded appearance, he enjoyed the respect of his colleagues and a steady global following. Renowned Greek singer Demis Roussos dead at 68 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z So, in spite of the constant flow of exciting announcements, most of them, as yet, seem to be better news for rotund rodents than obese people. Prepare for the Pill to Make You Thin “A lot of Santas are rotund and unhealthy,” he says. Slimmed-down Texas Santa ready for holidays 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z All around the game's festivities, people are posing for photos with the rotund representation of the cryptocurrency. Who is Mr. Bitcoin and what are his demands? 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z "He is just how I remember him but a little more rotund." Missing cat found after 8 years 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z At the time, North Koreans would stare at the rare visiting foreigner, especially anyone a bit rotund, with a transparent range of emotions: jealousy, awe, and perhaps a bit of wariness in case of detonation. Welcome back, Cuba! 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z He also took multiple stabs at the movie's biggest star, the rotund robot Baymax. Kevin Dart blends modern sci-fi with classic '60s style 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z A rotund man served up pierogi, and a few grateful runners grabbed those too. Women in New York City Marathon Lead a Glorious Cross-City Sprint 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z As he’s done in “Once,” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” he turns the un-lithe and the downright rotund into lighter-than-air expressions of dreamlike movement. Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z "It's all a marketing ploy," joked Rogen, whose upcoming comedy "The Interview" mercilessly mocks the rotund ruler. For Rogen, Hilarity charity is serious business 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z As the story took shape, the elderly man morphed into a rotund, sharp-eyed rogue named Peanut, and the story became “Night Heron.” Q. and A.: Adam Brookes on China, Secrets and Spies 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z By the 50s he had become rotund, and 20 years later had become a true cartoon, in one iteration dancing euphorically below the slogan: “I’m clinging in the rain.” From CND to Coca-Cola: how the world's most famous logos were born 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z But spirits were high among the troops, who included teenagers as well as grizzled and rotund veterans of the 1980s guerrilla battles against Saddam Hussein's armed forces. U.S. airstrikes in Iraq help Kurds turn tables on Islamic State 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z So did another devotee, Orson Welles, though it’s hard to resist the thought of the rotund director chugging along with the rampaging animals. Co-author of Bull-Running Guide Is Gored in Pamplona 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Your run-of-the-mill, rotund, red-faced, glistening, uncomfortably chubby chick. Yes, I'm fat, but spare us the cruelty this summer 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z A frail, rotund figure on a wheelchair, Mr. Karunanidhi appeared very much the lion in winter. India Ink: The Autumn of a Patriarch 2014-04-24T15:59:35Z As they grew rotund and accumulated more fat cells, the researchers found, their blood showed increasingly hefty doses of a substance called interleukin 1 that is created by fat cells and known to cause inflammation. Well: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help 2014-03-05T05:01:35Z "With our music and our instruments in hand, we say a rotund no to violence and a resounding yes to peace," he wrote. Venezuelan Conflict Moves From Street to Hollywood Boulevard 2014-03-05T01:56:32Z I arrived to meet a rotund man in his late 50s, puffing a pipe. You’re the Boss Blog: Leaning In Can Be Uncomfortable 2014-02-12T12:00:54Z The rotund rodent exited his subterranean residence at Gobblers Knob in the western Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney around 7:30 a.m. on Groundhog Day. Same old Groundhog Day; Phil predicts more winter 2014-02-02T14:18:58Z The rotund Colon is one of baseball’s more fascinating characters, thriving with perhaps the worst body in the major leagues. On Baseball: In Colon, Mets See Risk but Like the Upside 2013-12-12T19:54:08Z A balding, rotund man with a gravelly voice and a taste for Scotch and the racetrack, Germond was seen by his colleagues as the epitome of a hard-nosed journalist. U.S. political writer Jack Germond dies at age 85 2013-08-14T14:05:24Z A subset of the implanted human stem cells matured into rotund, humanlike astrocytes in the animals' brains, taking over operations from the native mouse astrocytes. Human Cells Make Mice Smarter 2013-08-04T18:45:00.727Z Judge Garaufis said that Mr. Massino, a rotund man of 70 whose health is failing, “may be the most important cooperator in the modern history of law enforcement efforts to prosecute the American Mafia.” Judge Commutes 2 Life Sentences for Mob Boss Who Became Informer 2013-07-11T00:18:35Z “They said corn syrup was harmless,” said Mark Cepeda, 27, rubbing his rotund midsection. Plenty to Say About Subway Test Gas That Isn’t Seen 2013-07-10T01:36:27Z As a player with the San Francisco Giants, Melvin caught Rick Reuschel, another rotund right-hander who pounded the strike zone and thrived after 40. On Baseball: A’s Pitcher Bounces Back From Suspension 2013-07-09T01:10:44Z At the end of the novel, the villain, U Po Kyin, an exceptionally rotund magistrate, moves to another district for a plumb job. Katha Journal: Orwell’s House Links Myanmar to Its Burmese Days 2013-05-24T01:41:19Z The surprise choice was the rotund, gregarious, 77-year-old Patriarch of Venice. Incompetent, Insular, Intolerant 2013-03-08T09:45:00Z So, is the rotund Garden Stater a regional anomaly or the next Republican presidential nominee? Chris Christie, New Jersey's surprisingly standard-issue Republican 2013-01-04T22:29:00Z Yet, it occupies a spot of honor right across from Samsung’s corporate headquarters: a hastily built plywood stage decorated with black, cutout silhouettes of a rotund man who appears to be prancing like a horse. Seoul Journal: Flaunting ‘Gangnam Style,’ Trendy Area Urges Visitors to Prance In 2013-01-01T03:27:32Z For her sculptures, she cuts ceramic tiles into small curved and geometric shapes, then arranges them onto rotund formations she molds from clay and concrete. | Westchester: Art From Feminine Perspectives, at transFORM Gallery in New Rochelle 2012-12-29T07:06:47Z It’s that enormous nose, and apparently the monkey’s pink face and rotund belly, that led people in the Indonesian half of Borneo to call them ‘Dutchman monkeys’. The amazing swimming Proboscis monkey (part I) 2012-11-30T12:45:00.210Z Behind it, an enormous cream-coloured Stetson on his head, sat a powerful, slightly rotund man in his 50s, sweat beading on his forehead, rolling down his neck. Cameroon's Théophile Abega was so intelligent they called him the doctor 2012-11-27T11:49:16Z In real life, penguin huddles are more rotund, so researchers went about making their models more realistic. Math Reveals Perfectly Cozy Penguin Huddles 2012-11-19T19:45:04.210Z Then, sauntering down the halls, come two rotund Mexican-American men. The Hispanic Republicans with a plan 2012-08-30T15:56:29Z It is delightfully confusing to find yourself convinced of a young woman's infatuation, only to double-take when realizing that she is in fact portrayed by a rotund man. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: '2 Households...' 2012-08-15T17:43:35Z The rotund Pettersson is a popular player on tour, known for losing weight four years ago and, when he played worse, putting the weight back on as his game improved. Daly, Still a Fan Favorite, in the Hunt in the P.G.A. 2012-08-10T06:10:06Z He looks down at his somewhat rotund figure, and laughs again, a little nervously. Greeks hear call of soil and sky 2012-06-27T08:59:52Z I mean, they look like floating, rotund missiles! At War Blog: Spying Balloons as Artistic Muse 2012-05-18T16:42:49Z Aesthetically speaking, the @ is rotund and cozy, a Santa-belly of a symbol, sleek enough to have been inducted into MoMA’s architecture and design collection — True! Internet Hall of Fame honors Raymond Tomlinson, whose @ symbol defines Web life 2012-04-25T00:06:46Z I saw before me a rotund little man with a puffy face that a well-trimmed beard partially concealed. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z He is chief barber for the King, a Corsican, red-faced, rotund, about forty; he seems in the prime of life. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Maybe the rotund Swede is the best player in the world. The World Ranking's Real Effect 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z Dead, lang syne, is Eglintoun himself, the chivalrous Earl of the generous instincts and the florid, rotund eloquence, reminding one of Bulwer Lytton diluted. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z A young child may be plump and chubby to-day, seemingly wasted with acute illness to-morrow, and, if soon relieved, the next day almost as rotund as ever. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Do�a Philomena, a rotund and jolly woman of middle age, with her son, a lad of about sixteen, kept a boarding-house in an adobe hut of one room, twelve by eighteen feet. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z At the front of the rotund rotation is Sabathia and Pineda, the biggest starting pitcher tandem in baseball, according to Major League Baseball’s spring rosters of all 30 teams. Yankees? Pitchers Built for Gridiron, at Home on the Mound 2012-02-27T01:50:36Z They look well when cut shorter as the battlements of buildings, rather like halma men, but of handsomer and more rotund proportions. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z The small fountain on one side was sheathed with ice; and where its tiny spirtle fell a glittering stalagmite was rising rapidly, so the rotund sparrows had difficulty in getting at their usual drinking-trough. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z But Archbishop Dolan, 62, robust and rotund, is also on a diet, and outspoken about his struggles with his weight. City Room: A Test for Dolan in the Land of Pasta and Gelato 2012-02-15T20:14:40Z He pressed a button, and when a rotund, merry-looking man appeared, he introduced him. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The harbour is a very fine one, and forms a complete rotund, except in the opening, where the sea stretches out beyond ken. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z There were waiting upon the steps, the two lighthouse men, and a third, a small rotund Belgian of a dark, shiny countenance which seemed always on the point of perspiring. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z I was sorry to see so many rotund and rubicund faces among the men, bearing unerring indications of intemperance. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Perry, my good man," and I looked at his bald head and rotund form, "you are too old, and I should have thought too sensible, to believe in ghosts. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z For Captain Nelson's rotund figure, jocund countenance, and always buoyant spirits were priceless assets to our naval forces at Corfu. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z “Well, I’ve got a right to get sick if I want to,” said his rotund friend, struggling to his feet. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z What’s the risk in a star who had a similarly rotund father who hit 95 homers at ages 26-27 but never had a good year after 32? Prince Fielder?s price is not right for Nationals right now 2011-12-28T23:54:05Z "Fine 'nd dandy, Irish," replied the rotund Stearns rather absently, as he pensively rubbed his prodded abdomen. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z At my left was a rotund old party, with an amiable expression, and a full-blown, rubicund face. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z I had great difficulty, for they were terribly scant for my rotund form; however, I got into them at last. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z She ridiculed rotund Mabel for being fat, and said that Marjory's nose turned up and that Jean's rather large mouth was a good opening for a young dentist. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Some of her neighbors were discussing in discreet undertones whether it was credible that their rotund hostess ever looked like this daughter of the gods. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Best of all, he brought his own rotund self—and Wigglesworth! Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The restaurant was thronged each morning, and the proprietor wished he had some such attraction to such a class throughout all the rotund year. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Yes, but our hair is becoming grizzly, our figure has become rotund, and some rather deep lines are imprinted at the corners of our eyes. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Out of the bathtub, rubicund and rotund, stepped Mr. Ambrose Pottle. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z See Colonel Playfair, shaped in form rotund, Parade, the unrivall'd Falstaff of the ground; He laughs and jokes, plays, "what you like," and yet You'll rarely find him make a foolish bet. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z Number 3 was evidently a fat Frenchman, rotund to a degree, black as to hair, which was cropped as short as a convict’s, and moustache, but so fat! In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z "One more will I tell you," he said, speaking in a resonant and rotund voice, to the wide-mouthed and expectant Erastus. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z It is taller and less rotund; the French say it is "svelt," and that describes it as well as anything. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z As she neared the rotund wooden building of Castle Garden, a wholly novel and unexpected sight awaited her. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It was amusing, however, shaking vigorously, for about three minutes, like a belly of a rotund man engaged in hearty laughter. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Tom, too, was on his feet, but he didn’t stand still, nor were smiles visible on his rotund countenance. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z So we were allowed to return our chargers to the remounting officer, and make another visit to the small rotund outfitter in his wooden barrack by the river. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z What glory would there have been in life without his silk hat and his rotund face beaming on the crowds as they make way respectfully? Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z And as if the nut's rotund charms were not enough, the trees themselves are clearly male and female. Rare aphrodisiac 2011-07-16T11:00:31Z “Come on,” she hissed, as the large, rotund figure of Mrs. Pelham was lost in the darkness, and out they scuttled like a lot of mice loosed from the trap. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Then arose a queer-looking old fellow, short, rotund of person, and whose exceeding rubicundity of visage betokened, I fear, anything but aversion for ardent spirits. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z There we found a little rotund man, very bright of eye and limber of tongue, who fitted us out with many compliments and bows. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z As the rotund birds negotiated obstacles, they would run up the objects flapping their wings. Flap-run reveals flight evolution 2011-06-27T01:04:20Z The rotund, hard-living Babe Ruth was a productive player until age 39. Magazine Preview: For Derek Jeter, on His 37th Birthday 2011-06-23T13:59:31Z Infinitely perplexed, Lucinda lingered on where Summerlad had left her, near the far end of the veranda, where it rounded the rotund corner of the hotel. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Tom could not forbear chuckling as he came upon the rotund black-capped figure of Salathiel ben Ezra striving to urge his steady-going mule to a brisker pace. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z With a figure short and rotund, his whole appearance was suggestive of the flesh-pots of Egypt. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z With rivers of perspiration pouring down his rotund countenance, like spring freshets down the side of a mountain, he gallantly piloted Georgiana through the mazes of the waltz. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z "Well, we can 'glimpse for once the rotund, jolly wight,'" quoted Wink. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Back in the early 1980s, Mr. Ai was not the familiar rotund artist with a long beard that much of the world now recognizes. City Room: Before Fame, or Jail, Ai Weiwei Was a New York 'Starving Artist' 2011-05-13T11:15:13Z There was a rotund being of much reading who perpetually smoked a very old pipe and who was editor of a tobacco journal. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Despite her eighty-seven years, Katherine Eppes, known to everyone as "Ma," came as spryly to her tiny porch as her rotund body would permit. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Mr. and Mrs. Duffy stood arm in arm, smiling with proud pleasure, as rotund as their own round oranges. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z At this moment the door communicating with the next room was thrown open, the rotund figure of the landlord appeared in the opening and a solemn and impressive voice announced: "Their Excellencies are served." The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z The Abbot, Father Felipe, was a jolly fellow, rotund as a keg, his face rosy and sparkling with good cheer. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z As I was rounding the corner coming back I saw an agile, rotund figure, with a gleam of white shirt-front in the half darkness, mounting the dusky steps instead of descending into the lighted areaway. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Not oval, but of that rotund shape, ten times more indicative of daring, as of determination. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Once the first trials are over, the player is reunited with Wheatly, who guides them into the facility's breaker room – a massive rotund area filled with switches. Portal 2 ? exclusive early preview 2011-04-08T11:42:26Z In England," he says, "the snail scoops out hollows, little rotund chambers, in limestone, for its residence. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z She only roused from her reverie when I pointed out to her a rotund, slightly bald man who, I said, was without doubt Bing Crosby. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Out of doorway pops little, rotund man, oily countenance. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z “I always looked upon the fair, rotund woman as the typical German face.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z He saw an enticing bottle, of rotund form, paying its visits to some neighbouring tables, and the happy fools made the acquaintance of Benedictine. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z A whole phalanx of voluptuous, rotund forms encased in a dazzling and bewildering variety of colors—moving in splendid harmony—keeping time, time, time, in a sort of runic rhyme. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z Those who had feasted their eyes on his rotund majesty were whispering, it was reported, that he was Buddha reincarnated. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The rotund porter acted as major-domo, and puffed and panted and hurried hither and yon, his brow creased with the anxieties of his high office. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The quizzical dark eyes of the young man surveyed the rotund person before him, and in spite of himself he burst out laughing. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z You can use nicer words if you want — rotund, portly, big-boned — but it is what it is, and the governor will be the first to tell you so. How Chris Christie Did His Homework 2011-02-24T17:57:37Z His companion, as solicitors to the aristocracy should be, was of a smaller, more rotund and insignificant shape. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z About 150 of them are the rotund rhesuses. Today?s Lab Rats of Obesity: Furry Couch Potatoes 2011-02-20T01:20:04Z I made thousands of new friends on Facebook and , and, thanks to the proximity of my refrigerator, put an additional 35 pounds on an already rotund body. Apps to Share Your Pride at the Gym 2011-02-10T05:50:55Z The man was about forty years old, and very rotund in person, his hands were folded over a very capacious paunch and his eyes almost disappeared behind full, puffy, red cheeks. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Greeted by a rotund police sergeant on horseback, his group were cheerily asked: "Enjoy the game, lads?" How Mick McCarthy went on to become a big noise at Molineux 2011-02-09T00:06:00Z Demeter is invariably represented in her statues as being very rotund, crowned with ears of corn, and holding in her hand a branch of poppy. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z A few minutes later Tubby's rotund form appeared. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z “Well, Jim,” said the sheriff, once more the rotund and smiling individual, “was it all right?” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z What the cameras showed was a rotund young man with an uncanny physical resemblance to his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea. Questions Raised on North Korean Succession 2011-01-07T16:49:41Z It had been a far cry to Fenchurch Street, and when a lad made it in company with a rotund gentleman of Pickwickian build, the chances were sure to be amusing. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Next to Richard's desk sat a medium-sized, rotund woman with a black lace cap on her grizzled hair. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z His companions were Corporal Merritt Crawford of the same patrol, and the rotund Tubby Hopkins, the son of widow Hopkins of Hampton, Long Island, from which village all three, in fact, came. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z When the hour arrived for the duchess to prepare the "rejuvenating sleeping potion," his grace became actually boisterous; his fat face grew crimson, his rotund paunch shook like jelly, with his incessant laughter. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z A rotund man they took to be the editor was talking to a customer in a loud voice. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z The player's rotund shape, which hardly seems much different today, was often at the root of the derision. Blackpool's Charlie Adam goes with the flow but keen to make a splash 2010-11-20T00:08:00Z In animals, these pollutants will sometimes lead a mouse to become rotund despite eating no more and exercising no less than its lean cousins. Pesticide in Womb May Promote Obesity, Study Finds 2010-10-06T15:01:00Z Probably someone somewhere was staging a re-enactment with two appropriately rotund celebrities. Why I spoofed science journalism 2010-10-05T15:29:00Z The duke was an old man, of a girth so enormous that he was obliged to wear a broad surcingle as support to his rotund paunch. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z When Khalid died, many of us wrote about his rotund frame, his usually jovial demeanor and the idiomatic English he honed by watching DVDs of shows like “Sex and the City” and Wesley Snipes films. A Colleague Killed, a Conversation Cut Short 2010-09-01T01:06:00Z A rotund man in yellow sweat pants danced with surprising grace at center court. | Street Hoops: Street Basketball Scene at Rucker Park in Harlem 2010-08-21T06:57:00Z The corrupt, rotund, sorta-former tobacco lobbyist is "discreetly building a complex political operation rivaling those of any other 2012 GOP presidential prospects," according to Politico. Haley Barbour launching hilarious 2012 campaign 2010-06-24T16:29:00Z The rotund Valencia bar owner returned from supporting the side in 1987 to find his family had walked out on him, a bittersweet timpani if ever there was one. Spain: World Cup 2010 team guide 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Chief witness for the prosecution is a large rotund man with a breeze-reddened face who is addressing the legal benches and the packed public area with growing passion. BP oil spill: grassroots anger over 'lack of clean-up plan' 2010-05-28T17:24:00Z After 16 weeks of eating as much as they wanted and lolling around in their cages, all were rotund. Weighing the Evidence on Exercise 2010-04-16T15:03:00Z Mr. Botero, 77, is probably the most famous living Latin American artist, his painting style characterized by rotund, wildly inflated objects and figures. Art Review | Long Island: Exhibition of Fernando Botero?s Work on Long Island 2010-04-03T00:17:00Z The rotund and strongly developed figure is well displayed. The True Benjamin Franklin The rotund landlord, not quite seeing the appropriateness of the inquiry, and perhaps feeling that it was a form of snubbing for undue familiarity, abruptly changed the subject. A Poached Peerage Against the opposite wall, tilted back in a chair, Papa Fregeau, the patron, a rotund, aproned little individual, stopped the humming of his song. The Belovéd Traitor Then in a very kindly way he turned to us, bowed as gracefully as his rotund personage permitted, and bade us note the beauty of ceiling and tomb. Glories of Spain A moment later, a somnolent and rotund lady in one of the rockers started up furiously as another whiff drifted in her direction. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life Left alone, the men drew their chairs to the fire, and Mr. Robinson brought forward boxes of fragrant-smelling cigars, large and rotund. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel George started to thank him, but already the rotund figure was pressed against the desk, and the tiny eyes absorbed in important-looking papers. The Guarded Heights Then he called Billy Fenstow over to him and the rotund little director agreed that the fire must be getting nearer. Janet Hardy in Radio City On a sunny, warm September day, mellow with the promise of an Indian summer, Miss Bancroft, smart, though rotund, in lavender linen, set out on her pilgrimage to the house of Thomas Prescott. Nancy of Paradise Cottage The body is rotund and completely lacking a dorsal fin or a dorsal ridge. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification There is now, however, no excuse for those who have resigned themselves to carry to the grave the rotund proportions of a Falstaff. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them His rotund stomach rose and fell with a sigh. The Guarded Heights Left to itself this robe would drag along the ground, so that when raised by the cord above the knees it communicates to the chest a most rotund, stuffed, and awkward appearance. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 He was a short, rotund man of about sixty, with a grizzled black beard, and the grey-blue eyes under black lashes that one sees so often in clever Lombards. Shadows of Flames A Novel He became connected with the best operatic enterprises, and was always popular on account of his handsome stage presence, dramatic capability, and fine, rotund, musical baritone voice. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Mr. Fairbanks was a little man of the Cruikshank pattern, very red and rotund, and as he talked he gesticulated. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes The white waistcoat encircling his rotund middle was like an advance agent, crying aloud: "The great Josiah is arriving just behind me." The Guarded Heights The trouble began, as trouble always began, with Master J. R. F. Gransby-Williams, a rotund youth with a genius for keeping within the letter of the law. Years of Plenty As I stood gazing at them, I was astonished to see Malgares and the rotund lady exchange that same odd embrace of greeting with which our host had favored myself and Don Faciendo. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois While Ben Connor was still enjoying the situation, a rotund fellow bore down on him. The Garden of Eden For this rotund and jolly-looking individual was dressed in immaculate white, with an enormously broad red cummerbund about his middle, making his vast girth even more noticeable. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Those grand, those mellifluous and rotund phrases rolled out of those skinny lips at a mile-a-minute pace with never a flicker of emotion but a nervous twitching of the drooping eyelids. Cue for Quiet The Poultry has a prosperous look, and they have got a new pulpit there almost as rotund, and bright, and buoyant as Dr. Parker himself. The Religious Life of London Just as Donald, who was no match physically for the burly machinist, was pondering what to do, the door which was open became filled by a rotund figure. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam This little dwarf, a divinity with short legs and rotund stomach, drives away the demons who infest the night and are liable to injure the sleeping one, unless protected by this well-disposed and well-armed deity. Oriental Women Sometimes, we pass lush meadow upon which graze full-fleshed cattle and comfortably rotund sheep. Seeds of Pine His body was quite rotund, even to corpulency; and, save a heavy moustache, his face was closely shaven. The History and Records of the Elephant Club The captain's form was dimly discernible against the canvas dodger, extraordinarily huge and rotund. Command He was a small rotund man with a gigantic moustache laid without a brown hair misplaced over a mouth kindly and petulant. The Bright Shawl Who has not heard tell of his little rotund figure and his red Jacobin cap, the symbol of unrestricted liberty? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 He was about sixty years of age, short, rotund, corpulent. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 The sudden move choked off Cautin's sentence before he finished, the rotund and heavy bishop slipped, and tumbling down from branch to branch fell almost upon the back of the count. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres As the morning wore on I saw an elderly, rotund lady come out to the veranda and take the baggage inside. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia I must candidly admit that her figure had grown pronouncedly rotund, but this by no means injured her beauty. Eyes Like the Sea The excursion through time had evidently been a smooth one for the smile had not once left Mrs. Mimms' rotund countenance during the intervening centuries. The Amazing Mrs. Mimms This Privy Counselor was a moon-faced and rotund individual, who, in his efforts to preserve a fitting severity of expression in keeping with the duty before him, had succeeded only in appearing monstrously depressed. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch But another man, short, rotund, very erect of figure, and strutting in gait, came from the interior of a “shelter” that stood a little to the right of Medenham’s position on the rails. Cynthia's Chauffeur —Major Linkwater—rotund man, black whiskers, fierce expression; he has rushed away to destroy himself. Quality Street A Comedy Her lord, likewise of rotund shape, came after her. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day The rotund oracle was kept under lock and latch in the "Think-Box." Telempathy There, in a shingle hut, perched atop a whisky cask, and kicking its rotund belly complacently with his heels, he had wet a throat, long dry, from the amber depths beneath him. The Plow-Woman Cynthia stole a glance at Mrs. Devar’s rotund figure, and laughed. Cynthia's Chauffeur The rotund Mr. Hunter is rolling about actively to-day, hunting for more news. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital So pleased was he that he even went to the length of patting that stout, rotund sentry on the shoulder as soon as he had emerged into the open. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Sprawling in the foreground of the picture was a swarthy warrior in a helmet, specially conspicuous for his rotund contours. Fathers and Children The idea of using precautions with or attempting to deceive this rosily rotund 'character' seemed far-fetched and absurd. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography And the rotund little McWilliams answered in a manner that convinced McGee that Mac was really wishing he were not here. Aces Up For several minutes the foster-mother plied her own offspring with every good office, and severely ignored the rotund and would-be playful Finn. Finn The Wolfhound A minute later the doorway leading from the hall into the kitchen was burst open, and a very startled, very frightened, and exceedingly rotund and healthy farmer pushed his way into the apartment. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front I could see, now, why the rotund bodies sagged and flattened at the base, and why six short, stubby legs were needed to support that body. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Next moment I heard his mellow, rotund voice again, several rooms away. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Elementals of all sorts—some, tall and thin, with rotund heads and meaningless features; some, with rectangular, fleshy heads; some, with animal heads. Byways of Ghost-Land On the contrary, he had the air of a regular boarder, and turned up promptly for meals, rotund and glowing in the opulence of his brother's hospitality. Money Magic A Novel There was the dawn of a smile actually on the face of the rotund guard who had been so odiously browbeaten by the Sergeant. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Two were drinking beer—one a small, thin man; the other a red-faced specimen with rotund outline. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country I turned my back upon that rotund tempter, and walked with a stately step to the deck, followed by a rich gurgle from the second glass as it went down that perfidious creature's throat. Phemie Frost's Experiences Back and forth the rotund giant swayed with something in his arms, something which he crushed in his fists and brutally shook, something which he held off at arm’s length and hammered with ruthless blows. Officer 666 Her neck, bosom, and shoulders, seen over the window-stone, were of that form which strikes you as possessing more of the oval than the rotund, in short the model of the perfect woman. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 That is a detail; what we desire in our Judges are, a certain impressive air, a striking presence, and an art of rotund speech. Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. The man's face, too, he saw now, was lined and worn; suffering had left its multitudinous imprint upon an ordinarily rotund countenance. Slaves of Mercury A pannel of the chamber wall slid back, and the sleek rotund visage of the man who had exchanged signs with him as he entered the house, appeared at the aperture. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 He had harried the heels of the rotund runner in special amusement, but he had not designed murder. Dreamers of the Ghetto His small, well-kept hands knew no fatigue, and his master often watched them, almost transparent, fragile and aristocratic, as they shaved his rotund oily face. Melomaniacs Here the farm hand and maid of all work were eating, and the landlord’s 42 rotund and energetic wife was bustling before the fireplace. The Strollers Two old ladies, rotund, and garbed in modest raiment of some sort of dark, clinging material, were gathered about the monster self-feeding stove, seated in arm-chairs in keeping with their ample proportions. The Hound From The North Lefever, if there was a table in the room, could never be got to sit on a chair; and being rotund he sat preferably sidewise on the edge of the table. Nan of Music Mountain He was small in stature, with a tendency to become rotund as he grew older. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties She stood looking at him as he danced around the bag, busily punching its rotund sides. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. A stately salt-cellar represented the leading lady; a pepper box, the irascible 125 father; a rotund mustard pot, the old woman; a long, slim cruet, the ingenue; and a pewter spoon, the lover. The Strollers He jammed his hat upon his head, and strode from 72 the room with all the ferocity his rotund figure could express. The Crevice Honesty is writ large on his rotund countenance. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The fat little man stood upright, and patted his rotund person. The Tale of Timber Town He stared over her head, grew red in the face, fidgeted nervously, but held his peace until his eyes fell on a rotund Teuton passing by. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Dutchey was a boy of ten, with a full face and rotund figure, whose English, as he had been but two years in the country, was highly flavored with his native dialect. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves Wild Cat Bill, with his rotund form, resembled a domesticated house cat far more than the agile creature which had given him his frontier title. A Man of Two Countries Beeson, the botanist, a rotund little man with a red, unsmiling face, squirmed in his chair. Shepherd of the Planets Lord Stafford wended his way to the east parlor of the inn with the air of being perfectly familiar with the place, giving his orders to the rotund host as he went. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The body—short, plump, and rotund—could be no other than that of the unfortunate Irishman. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness His face was of the rotund type, bold in its expression, yet with something of gentle humanity, seen when searched for, in the profound depths of a dark penetrating eye. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Guides they call themselves; sailors, in their excellently-terse and rotund way, call them by another name, which certainly does not commence with a "G." In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The rotund gentleman walked around to that side of the carriage and gazed at them with some degree of interest and curiosity. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton The rotund innkeeper slumbered peacefully in front of his great hearth, and small patches of November sunshine lay on the floor, while merry November motes danced in the yellow beams. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 In other parts of the south of Europe, though often attaining large dimensions, it remains more dwarf and rotund in shape. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 For those of atoms lighter far consist, Subtiler, and more rotund than those of earth. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles A plump rotund body rose from the weeds, sixty yards away, I guessed, and I pitched up the rifle, dropping my left elbow well over my knee and steadying the cold barrel against the tree. Lorimer of the Northwest For the first time did the rotund gentleman become aware that there were other persons present. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton “That was because the judges didn’t know any better,” said his rotund friend. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room Sometimes the hippopotamus may diffuse a charm of his own, an aura of rotund obesity, especially when he is bathing or sleeping; but there are moments when one has to flee from his presence. More Science From an Easy Chair This time the old lady seized the tongs herself, and marched out into the yard, holding toady with no gentle pinch on his rotund body. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine His rotund form seemed to have grown even larger, and as he ambled about on all fours the sweat trickled from his repulsive skin and trailed across the floor. Omega, the Man A gentleman of a rotund person, clothed in correct evening dress and whose speech was of a thickness to indicate recent indulgence in intoxicating liquors, alighted from the carriage. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton Such hungry freedom I had and have; and I could share it only with the outcasts of the world: the fat and rotund charitable ones would none of it. An Anarchist Woman Then he touched his most rotund portion with a significant look. A Black Adonis At this stage the little beast, an animal of rather miserable dimensions, with a large, rotund centrepiece, escaped and wobbled ridiculously down the street. The Tale of a Trooper “Purchase, improve and market the Westmarsh Addition,” he said promptly, expanding fully two inches across his already rotund chest. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man His answer to that was to turn not only a bored but a slightly injured face towards the woman who had, not without difficulty, balanced her rotund form on the bench at the far end. The Convert Botanical Description.—A noble tree, 30° to 40° high, dome-like or rotund in outline. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Yet there are some who fain would sing The praises of this rotund King; But as a husband we’re afraid His category’s lowest grade. A Humorous History of England Mrs. Weaver gave her mother-in-law a glance of rotund severity. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories “Don't count on the end,” laughed Nannie, looking at her friend's rotund figure. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives He rose from his easy chair, pulled his velvet dressing gown lightly round his rotund form and shuffled to the window. The Secret House Just as Harriman built up a transcontinental railroad system, so did the rotund little manager now set up an empire all his own. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man There are other good Hals elsewhere, but the portraits of rotund, jolly men and women of his day, in the Haarlem Town Hall, are unapproached by those of any of his contemporaries. The Automobilist Abroad This rich bit of circumlocution is simple nonsense, in rotund phrase, and meant to suggest the imposing majesty of legal process. Bardell v. Pickwick He had a rotund, jovial countenance, which even his smoked glasses could not plunge into gloom. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives I mean to have some of those rotund berries of yours. The Opened Shutters His absorption in it helped to divert his mind from the pain that had sadly reduced the once rotund body. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Prosperous old gentlemen pacing home, rotund in their buttoned-up coats, had clear drops at the end of their noses. The House with the Green Shutters “I don’t see but what I’ll have to admit it,” sighed his rotund friend. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery Rusty was humble as ever, but there was an expectant look in his rotund face. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play He was a rotund, florid little man, with twinkling, humorous eyes, which could bore like augers on occasion, and a mouth as firm and close as a steel trap. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Molly and Dolly, the blonde and the brunette, Monty and Melvin, the rotund and the slender; but Dolly the gayest, the sweetest, the darlingest of all! Dorothy's Travels He then examined the handkerchief, and besides numerous rotund spots he perceived other figures resembling hearts, with stains of blood proceeding from them, indicating the flames of love. Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology He had no sooner ordered his luncheon than the door was again opened, and the rotund Mr. Papps, with profuse apologies, introduced a fourth to their table. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Dyson went up to the oak cupboard, and drew from its depths a rotund bottle and two little glasses, quaintly gilded. The House of Souls The one whose business it is to take up the running at the muffin stage is particularly rotund. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 He was eyeing them with suspicion, not wholly unjustified, for the patent respectability of Cherry's Derby hat was no compensation for the armoury belted about his rotund middle. The Book of All-Power Other men, prosperous-looking and rotund men, rode up in the elevator with him and went into Marston & Waller's office ahead of him, for he had modestly stepped to one side to allow them to pass. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 In Emmy, a rotund little mare, they had secured a treasure. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest From the Row to the Hall and from the Hall to Palo Alto he moved with an energy rare to his rotund body. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Mrs Marston smiled to see the rotund little object of two-feet-ten standing before the fire with its legs apart and its arms crossed, putting such a question, and replied— “Certainly, my boy.” The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains The rotund, flaxen-haired German and the rotund, gray-haired Irishman took stock of each other. Still Jim Therefore he tramped up and down the corridor of the office building, watching the elevator door, waiting to see the rotund gentlemen go on their way. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 It were insincere and artificial to ask your indulgence——” He rose to his rotund height. Iole Had sat up night and day with it, polishing its rotund periods, till, as Prince Arthur whispers, "Chaplin, gazing upon their surface, saw not himself, but Demosthenes." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 "Does who know what?" snapped the doctor, his glance straying wrathfully toward the rotund clergyman, who all at once assumed an abjectly apologetic air and interested himself in a picture on the farther wall. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play Without a word he threw his arms around Uncle Dennis and hugged that rotund person off his feet. Still Jim It would appear that he lacked the rotund voice and copious diction of the orator; for his critics were able to allege that, whilst his written style was powerful, his spoken style was contemptible. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 The outline of the stem in cross section is rotund or ovate-rotund with the front side somewhat flattened and straight. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses The rotund little man advanced with shining eyes, and seized the girl's hands. The Fifth Ace Arethusa found herself next to a perfectly strange youth, a rotund, almost moon-faced individual with eyes that danced good-humoredly behind glasses. The Heart of Arethusa Then monstrous, incredible masses of flame and steam burst from the bottom of the rotund space-ship. Talents, Incorporated His eyes were held by a short rotund person of advanced middle age who occupied the centre of the room. Men of Affairs No zephyr dared to disturb the leaves or the glassy water; great clouds hung in the bright blue sky—rotund, fat, and heavy, like mountains of wool or butter. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication The rotund little lawyer bounced from his chair and strode up and down before the bar, his hands clenched behind his back and his mustache bristling. The Fifth Ace Dyson went up to the oak cupboard, and drew from its depths a rotund bottle and two little glasses quaintly gilded. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories The family doctor, a rotund little man of fifty-five, was speedily in attendance. The Eagle Cliff Somewhat under the middle size, and somewhat rotund in person, he was always dressed in a full suit of black, never worn long enough to become threadbare. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest That face of rare beauty, that form of exquisite proportion, that eye rotund and noble, that tongue so free, and heart so bold—all were again encountered in dreamland. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse She picked her way across the hummocks of frozen mud powdered with snow in the road, and approached the rotund, jovial-faced little man who was swinging his worn broom energetically in a cloud of sawdust. The Fifth Ace On his cash register lies a weird-looking rotund little fish—a butter fish, he calls it—which has a face not unlike that of Fatty Arbuckle. Pipefuls He was a rotund, happy-looking man of the world, and he had to sit isolated during part of the dinner, as his guests were afraid to attend the uncanny banquet. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 Brophy swore roundly and extricated his rotund haunches from the arms of his chair. Joan of Arc of the North Woods In that pleasant work, Irving's "Astoria," a tribe of Indians are described who subsisted entirely on fish, whose rotund appearance contrasted strongly with the physique of their brethren of the forest. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings The long table in the center of the library was strewn with large legal-looking documents, and beside it sat Mason North, his rotund body sagged in the chair, his good-natured face drawn and haggard. The Fifth Ace Some of our data indicate hosts of rotund and complacent tourists in inter-planetary space—but then data of long, lean, hungry ones. The Book of the Damned As a protection against early bankruptcy, it was our custom to deposit our money with a rotund but popular school official, known always by a corruption of his name as "the Slug." A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell A waiter approached him, a rotund man, in gouty-looking slippers, with a napkin across his arm. Despair's Last Journey A full and rotund development of physique is far rarer in northern than in southern Europe. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield His rotund figure was swathed in a tight fitting paletôt, while a sort of nautical wrapper was round his throat. John Forster He had been a dear old rector, rotund and pompous; and his surplice had been fully as long and voluminous as a Mother Hubbard nightie. The Brentons A little beyond these three hippopotami floated in the water, only the upper parts of their heads and rotund bodies being visible. Hunting the Lions By degrees the correct outline of their forms became an incorrect outline, and gradually more and more rotund—suggesting the idea that the buried ones were fat. The Big Otter They had a soft, rotund, cuddled-up appearance that was powerfully suggestive of comfort. The World of Ice Clouds floated in the heavenly blue in rotund masses, which seemed, to the careless glance, as unchangeable as the hills, and the glassy water reflected them with perfect fidelity. The Crew of the Water Wagtail But there is this to be said for the girl: being small, she fell lightly; being rotund, she fell softly; being india-rubbery, she rebounded; and, being young, she took it easily. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew When, on this occasion, he looked Lark up and down with his usual rotund complacency, Carol only gritted her teeth and reminded her heaving soul that he was an editor. Prudence Says So A fine scholar, he made Greek and Latin "glow with life and beauty," and by his distinguished bearing formed a happy complement to the "jovial and rotund" Williams. The University of Michigan Yes, it was the Baron, not decreased in rotund proportions since they parted. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin He was so rotund and so covered with thick layers of fat, that he slipped about under the fearful cutting hoofs. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear He merely smiled, and, chucking a rotund little boy beside him under the chin, said, “What think ye of that, my little ball of fat?” or some Eskimo equivalent for that question. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew Had he been called upon to write the document he would certainly have given something more terse and simple than that rotund and magniloquent instrument which Jefferson bequeathed to the unbounded admiration of American posterity. Benjamin Franklin Many a rotund bourgeois, emasculated by a purely commercial life, awaited the arrival of the victors with anxiety, trembling lest their meat-skewers and kitchen carving-knives should come under the category of arms. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories The boy was some years the junior of the heir of Maxfield, a rotund, matter-of-fact, jovial-looking lad, sturdy in body, easy in temper, and perhaps by no means brilliant in intellect. Roger Ingleton, Minor As the bear came up, he merely squatted upon the ground and drew himself into a rotund shape. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear And note the pattern of her dress, if dress it can be called,—that rotund expanse of heraldic, bar-sinistered, Chinese embroidery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 That rotund face The new moon rivall'd, pale and thin; Where once was cheek, now empty space; Whate'er stood out, did now stand in. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV In this rotund part is fixed an edge resembling that of a tomahawk, either of steel or flint. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 The rotund proprietor stepped forward as he stammered his request. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Black Bruin was probably thirty-five or forty inches high at the shoulder, but considerably higher in the middle of the back, which also sloped off at the rear, where he was quite rotund. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear They are the smoothest things in England, gigantic, rotund, easy; the eye rests upon their gentle contours and is at peace. Highways and Byways in Sussex Usually the matter is not of great moment; it is incidental rather than critical; and it offers little reason for exaggerated expressions, or rotund periods. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story He rang the bell, and in a moment a rotund and loquacious landlady appeared. The Lunatic at Large He was secretly distressed about his rotund waist line and, theoretically, never ate a bite of lunch. Gigolo Standing spellbound as a statue in the midst of the ruins, I caught sight of a florid, rotund lady, speechless in her horror and her misery. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV There was a sort of wrinkled fulness in the old face, which showed that its owner had once been a man of the sleek, rotund type. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands He was an ignorant, credulous old gentleman, quite rotund around the waistband, with snow-white hair and a mild blue eye. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Jim was greatly embarrassed by this reception, and started to back out hastily, but was stopped by the rotund figure of the greatly in demand conductor. Frontier Boys in Frisco "You make up for it, my dear," the young man answered, giving her chin—a very charming, rotund, little chin—a friendly whisk with his forefinger. The Tragic Muse At her very best he would never have tacked the word beauty on to her; a buxom, rotund, beady-eyed young female would have made the word beauty spring to his lips—Cléo de Bromsart, never. The Beach of Dreams At a big station a few miles back two men in the uniform of officers boarded the car, one of them burly, rotund, and sallow. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. It had a white, absolutely white face, a tall, thin, perpendicular frame, and a small, glittering, rotund head. Scottish Ghost Stories That rotund, star-bedecked figure in the stern sheet, beside the Port Admiral—that classic but full-blooded face crowned with a chestnut wig.… The Mayor of Troy Again arising, the chairman of the committee—in a voice less rotund than before—said: "Well, Mr. President, if there is no further business before this meeting, I move we do now adjourn." Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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