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But instead of portly people enjoying futuristic entertainment, we will all be skinnier thanks to today’s GLP-1 medications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

To the dismay of more portly ministers in tow, he also made a habit of jogging onto stage at public events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

"Cyril", as he is known to some, is said to be a portly man with a very gruff voice.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

By this point, the buzz and attention surrounding the portly left-hander had reached a fever pitch, and the impact was as wide as it was sudden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024

He was sleeping when Catelyn entered, his hair and beard as white as his featherbed, his once portly frame turned small and frail by the death that grew within him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Mr. Gong’s Abby, older and portlier, is a terrier-beagle.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

"Most excitingly, our treasured, mischievous Peter Rabbit makes an appearance – albeit older, slower and portlier."

From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2016

As the luckless Vinnie, Mr. Van Swearingen, considerably shorter and portlier than Mr. Shannon, sports the saddest-looking combover I’ve ever seen — it’s really a half-combover.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2013

“She’s talking to my twin,” he said, apparently not offended that Mr. Asner is portlier than the real thing.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2011

Sir Norman,—a little portlier, a little graver, in the serious dignity of pater familias; and Leoline, with the dark, beautiful eyes, the falling, shining hair, the sweet smiling lips, and lovely, placid face of old.

From The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

"Nay, fair one, you pass not our bounds without toll," said the portliest of the set.

From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Faix, my modher, no longer ago than Friday night last, argued down Bartle Meegan's throath, that you and Biddy Martin wor the two portliest weemen that comes into the chapel.

From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

Besides his quiet banking vocation, he was, I think, the portliest of the family, which may be the explanation.

From Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria by William Westgarth

He grew to be very thin before he died, thinner than Benjamin Dobbs, who is now portliest among the portly.

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

“Very pretty!” murmured the ladies, and the portliest of them went a step further and added: “And cheap!” but no one showed the faintest disposition to buy.

From The Love Affairs of Pixie by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey