| Of course, it was invariably a dump — and its dumpiness was in inverse relation to the glittering fantasies of its hopeful young inhabitants. |
| The present strategy is to use this Kantian account in order to ground a wider category of the aesthetic, which includes judgments of taste along with judgments of daintiness, dumpiness, delicacy, elegance, and the rest. |
| She entered the courtroom, her black robes swinging loosely from her shoulders, not concealing her dumpiness, her white hair cut in a simple bob. |
| I imagine her to be short and squat, but pretty feminine in a sickly flowery way despite her dumpiness. |
