ROTUNDITY in a Sentence

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1. Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
2. Sprawling in the foreground of the picture was a swarthy warrior in a helmet, specially conspicuous for his rotund contours.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROTUNDITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rotundity
 n.  roundness; rounded fullness; integral entireness
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, in a flash, I perceived that all had the same form of costume, the same soft hairless visage, and the same girlish rotundity of limb.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  But his figure fell into rotundity at the waist, his hair was scant and grey and his face, when the waves of expression had passed over it, had a ravaged look.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
3  The greatest manufacturer is but a busier Sam Clark, and all the rotund senators and presidents are village lawyers and bankers grown nine feet tall.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
4  In shape, he differs in some degree from the Huzza Porpoise, being of a less rotund and jolly girth; indeed, he is of quite a neat and gentleman-like figure.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
5  He had just completed his examination when the hall lights flew up, the door opened, and the owner of the house, a jovial, rotund figure in shirt and trousers, presented himself.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
6  Sprawling in the foreground of the picture was a swarthy warrior in a helmet, specially conspicuous for his rotund contours.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence:
1  Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.