| 1. | An obese individual sometimes surprises us, however, by his ambition and immaculateness. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 2. | _With obese stupidity Florry Talbot regards Stephen.. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 3. | The fat woman's refusal to worry keeps the wrinkles away and as long as she does not become obese she remains attractive. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 4. | The neck was drawn out like a plucked chicken's, making the rest of him seem the more obese and unnatural by the contrast. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 5. | An obese grey rat toddled along the side of the crypt, moving the pebbles. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 6. | After him toddles an obese grandfather rat on fungus turtle paws under a grey carapace. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |