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  • noun Plural form of endomorph.

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Examples

  • Rhubarbin' endomorphs toil amid indiff'rent waves an' mellow-harshin' shots o' chilblains

    Catchup TV: the turn-ons and turn-offs Sarah Dempster 2010

  • While endomorphs have a harder time than other body types in losing fat, even in the most extreme cases they can be just as fit as other body types.

    How To Exercise Right For Your Body Type 2009

  • For endomorphs with larger breasts, some adjustments may be in order.

    How To Exercise Right For Your Body Type 2009

  • It's a cacophony played by an orchestra of phlegm-hocking, jay-walking, coffee-slurping pedestrians, moronic bike salmon, malicious cellphone-cradling delivery truck drivers, deranged cab drivers in exotic religious headgear, doughy endomorphs in drifting SUVs, and riders for whom the highest expression of cycling is the crosswalk trackstand during which they stare deep into space in a desperate attempt to maintain their precarious balance like candy-colored pointers locking on to birds.

    The Indignity of Living in New York: Big, Fat, Lazy Egos BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Basketball players are tall and thin ectomorphs with sprinter muscle fibers, and sumo wrestlers are endomorphs with short legs and a low center of gravity, while football players are mesomorphs with muscles built for endurance and strength.

    Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008

  • It's a cacophony played by an orchestra of phlegm-hocking, jay-walking, coffee-slurping pedestrians, moronic bike salmon, malicious cellphone-cradling delivery truck drivers, deranged cab drivers in exotic religious headgear, doughy endomorphs in drifting SUVs, and riders for whom the highest expression of cycling is the crosswalk trackstand during which they stare deep into space in a desperate attempt to maintain their precarious balance like candy-colored pointers locking on to birds.

    The Indignity of Living in New York: Big, Fat, Lazy Egos BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Maybe designers should be required to make clothing for all three of the basic body somatotypes: ectomorphs, mesomorphs and endomorphs.

    "The man of the moment is an urchin, a wraith or an underfed runt." Ann Althouse 2008

  • Basketball players are tall and thin ectomorphs with sprinter muscle fibers, and sumo wrestlers are endomorphs with short legs and a low center of gravity, while football players are mesomorphs with muscles built for endurance and strength.

    Now What? Nicholas Lore 2008

  • It's a cacophony played by an orchestra of phlegm-hocking, jay-walking, coffee-slurping pedestrians, moronic bike salmon, malicious cellphone-cradling delivery truck drivers, deranged cab drivers in exotic religious headgear, doughy endomorphs in drifting SUVs, and riders for whom the highest expression of cycling is the crosswalk trackstand during which they stare deep into space in a desperate attempt to maintain their precarious balance like candy-colored pointers locking on to birds.

    Archive 2008-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • They knew what sold—shapely female endomorphs with bronze bras, embattled male mesomorphs clad in muscle, and frightful alien monsters in search of a human meal.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Galaxy 1952 10 - H. L. Gold Blue Tyson 2007

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