How to Use obese in a Sentence

obese

adjective
  • For once in your tawdry, obese life, do the right thing.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Fathers could play a role in whether their kids end up obese.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
  • There’s her thin mother and her obese father.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
  • There was a slight decline in kids who were overweight or obese, too, the study showed.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • More than two in five Americans are obese.
    — Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Two thirds of British adults are overweight and almost a third are obese.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • This food is perfect for dogs who are overweight or obese, and need to lose weight in a healthy way.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • More than half had type 2 diabetes and around 75% were obese.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
  • More than one in four children in San Diego are overweight or obese.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Not to mention the obese little gluttons.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Trainers yelled and put down obese contestants.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • She was left with memory deficits and is obese with balance issues.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • In 2022 and 2023, 18% were obese.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, people who are less obese might not benefit from losing a lot of weight.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Lab tests showed fat cells from the obese mice absorbed glucose and lipids more readily.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Being overweight or obese has been linked to at least 13 types of cancer.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2019
  • She was left with memory deficits and is obese, with balance issues.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The figure is even worse for men, with 70 per cent being overweight or obese.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • And in a rude twist of fate, the people who gain the most are more likely to be already overweight or obese.
    — Author: Jill U. Adams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Her weight has fluctuated, but she's never been obese.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For someone who is obese or pregnant, perform the thrusts around the chest instead of the abdomen.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • In the United States alone, more than 40 percent of adults are obese.
    — Eshe Nelson Charlotte De La Fuente, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The researchers looked at the rate of overweight and obese babies at 1, 2 and 3 years of age.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Below is the full list of the 25 most obese cities in the United States.
    — Nick Jachim - 03, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Of those, a high proportion are classified as obese, the agency said.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the early sixties, about 14 percent of the country was obese.
    — Emily Hopkins, Cincinnati.com, 4 July 2018
  • About 10% of people in the world are obese, according to the findings.
    — Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 12 June 2017
  • The study also found that 31% of adults in McAllen are overweight, but not obese.
    — Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Do the overweight in the richest countries get to jump the queue — or just the seriously obese?
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • In one study, coriander seed extract was found to reduce oxidative stress in the brains of obese rats.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025

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