as in soft
giving easily to the touch
his daughter playfully poked at his flabby belly
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Recent Examples of flabby
Without constant reinforcement, these muscles will atrophy, and when real tyranny arrives, the flabby citizen will be powerless to resist.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Looking to get rid of love handles or flabby thighs?
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Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
The mattress first, a mattress from time immemorial that proved to be unbelievably heavy, flabby, and seemingly filled with sand.
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Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Gyms and exercise equipment companies don’t promote their locations and equipment with flabby, lumbering people, rather their ads show fit, upright, energetic individuals.
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flabby
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Looking to get rid of love handles or flabby thighs?
—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
The mattress first, a mattress from time immemorial that proved to be unbelievably heavy, flabby, and seemingly filled with sand.
—
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Gyms and exercise equipment companies don’t promote their locations and equipment with flabby, lumbering people, rather their ads show fit, upright, energetic individuals.
—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabby
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Play soft music to drown out fireworks blasts and give your pet something to do, like putting treats inside an interactive toy, to keep them calm and happy.
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This relaxed pick is incredibly soft, really cute, and surprisingly easy to style.
Adjective
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So pack that sunscreen, toss a floppy hat into your weekend bag, and get ready to sip fruity drinks with tiny umbrellas.
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Dogs of all shapes and sizes entered the gates of Citi Field Thursday night with wagging tails, floppy ears and plenty of Mets gear.
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The Best Way To Store Half A Tomato The best way to store half a tomato is to keep the cut side protected while limiting excess moisture that can make your tomato mushy faster.
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This is partly because DeGette is not exactly a mushy moderate.
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Earlier movie versions have managed the story’s most frightening moments with the limited technology available at the time—much plastic and spongy stuff; monsters in process shots looming over little men; papier-mâché boulders flung from hilltops.
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The savory crepe, wrapped in paper, is a walkable handheld, its delicate, lightly spongy batter of mung bean flower fused with an egg that’s cracked on top, then spread, ensuring both come in every delicious bite.
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Kim Staggs had just picked up her 13-year-old daughter, Natalee, from her grandparents' house when a squishy toy that had mistakenly been left inside a hot car exploded.
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Wallis’ record is squishy in the way his former boss Chad Mayes was, which is no doubt necessitated by the nature of a purple district.
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“Flabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flabby. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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