How to Use potbellied in a Sentence

potbellied

adjective
  • With proper care, most potbellied pigs have few health problems.
    — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • An inquisition of potbellied priests stood at the side of the road.
    — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Hang him in a museum—the barman was a potbellied portrait of hear no evil.
    — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • The building is two cells facing opposite ends with 4-inch thick wooden walls that were heated by potbellied stoves.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Daybell was a jowly, potbellied man with an awkward, quiet demeanor, who gave off the air of a person who was deeply unsure of himself.
    — Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022
  • But, catching a glimpse of potbellied Kirpal in his wheelchair, Hwee Bin softened.
    — Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
  • No Teddy or Ernest, but plenty of late-middle-aged, potbellied fishermen there for a hearty breakfast.
    — Heather Radke, Longreads, 16 June 2018
  • So, in addition to cats and dogs, their menagerie has included a pigeon, a goat, a potbellied big, a monitor lizard and other animals that end up as household pets.
    — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 18 July 2017
  • Behind her in the assembly line, a potbellied man in his late 30s peppers her with the gustatory queries that pass for small talk in south India.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2016
  • In the far corner, among the anti-pot activists, sat Bill McManus, a potbellied man with a slight drawl whose white moustache is stained yellow-brown by tobacco smoke.
    — Johnny Magdaleno, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Not content with solely housing cats and dogs, the organization is also home to a plethora of other domestic creatures ranging from rabbits to parrots to potbellied pigs.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Heading out to feed his family’s goat and potbellied pig, Camp recalls his start in Republican politics three decades ago – knocking on doors for candidates to earn cash.
    — Adam Geller, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2017
  • The farm is home to goats, Holstein cows, potbellied and kune kune pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, guinea fowl, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, a Shetland pony, and a Shire horse.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Other attractions include a catch-and-release fishing pond, winding mazes, and a petting zoo featuring potbellied pigs Big Mama and Elmer.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Since no one knows what God looks like, the Hindu is free to imagine God as a woman with eight arms riding a tiger; as a potbellied man with an elephant’s head; or as a muscular figure with a monkey’s head and tail.
    — Shashi Tharoor, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
  • Instead, the potbellied sculptures may represent the dead due to their swollen proportions, possibly created to honor ancestors and former community members.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 6 Aug. 2019
  • In front of them, a United Nations of string instruments congregated with violas da gamba, vihuelas, a harp and a potbellied kora from Mali, alongside an oud and a violin.
    — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017
  • The nature retreat most recently added a family of potbellied pigs, including two babies, found stranded on the side of the road near the Loveland Reservoir, and a group of five Lamancha goats, a breed known for its very small ears.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021

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