| The personage was also of a portliness, and the collision had knocked the wind out of him. |
| Suddenly he laid his hat back, and drew up his form into as near a semblance of dignity as its portliness would allow. |
| The assent had been arduous for a gentleman inclined to portliness and with wind impaired by tobacco. |
| As middle age brings portliness to once lean-and-hungry politicians, so, freed from the tyranny of print and paper, the web brings prolixity to publishers. |
| Gone are the days when only the super-rich could afford to eat plenty, making portliness a sign of high social standing. |
| To the common folk, however, the lure of portliness beckoned. |
