bulge
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Noun
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adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms for bulge
Synonyms: Verb
bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell
Synonyms: Noun
bunch, convexity, jut, overhang, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swell
Antonyms: Noun
cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess
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Examples of bulge in a Sentence
Verb
His face turned white and his eyes bulged. middle-aged people bulging at the waist Their bags bulged with books and papers. The squirrel's cheeks were bulging with nuts. a notebook bulging with ideasNoun
“What's in there?” he asked, pointing to the large bulge in my purse. I'm exercising to get rid of this bulge around my middle.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
With the rotation bulging to six men now, and Jesus Luzardo’s imminent call-up making it seven, Blackburn should be used out of the bullpen primarily in long relief. — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, "Welcome to the bigs — and Yankee Stadium — Sean Murphy," 1 Sep. 2019 Other parts were bulging alarmingly—and, for the dozens of families who had built homes atop them, perilously. — The Economist, "India’s magnificent stepwells are relics of a nuanced history," 13 July 2019 While Arnautovic's wallet may be bulging, his career as a prominent footballer is over. — SI.com, "Marko Arnautovic: A Toxic Talent Who Deserves the Footballing Oblivion Awaiting Him in China," 11 July 2019 The ground bulged up and out, and many small earthquakes occurred. — Emilie Hooft, The Conversation, "We probed Santorini’s volcano with sound to learn what’s going on beneath the surface," 24 June 2019 This, of course, creates bulging makeup bags that have (literally) no place in Basic Economy. — Akili King, Vogue, "This New Beauty Brand Wants to Make More Space in Your Makeup Bag," 14 Aug. 2019 Nine weeks ago, Taurasi had surgery to repair a bulging disc that was causing numbness and eventually atrophy in one leg. — Mike Anthony, courant.com, "Mike Anthony: Diana Taurasi reaching her basketball and life goal every day, with plenty to say along the way," 12 July 2019 With his eyeballs bulging, Goggins practically yells Lemuel’s fire-and-brimstone sermons. — Marella Gayla, BostonGlobe.com, "In ‘Them That Follow,’ there will be blood," 7 Aug. 2019 That’s got to be tough to pare down, when your house is just bulging with Amazon product. — Luke Winkie, Vox, "Who are these people who write thousands of Amazon product reviews?," 14 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
In Germany, where prior heat waves have caused asphalt on highways to bulge, drivers should be extra vigilant, the nation's weather service advised. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, "Europe prepares for scorching heat wave with public cooling rooms, mist showers and health warnings," 25 June 2019 The arms spread out from the galactic bulge at the center, which contains old stars and very little new star formation. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Stunning spiral galaxy spotted by Hubble," 24 July 2019 Farther east along Norfolk’s bulge, Tom Blofeld lives in Hoveton House, a Jacobean mansion his family built in 1680. — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, "How Rumors of a Feud Between Kate Middleton and Rose Cholmondeley Captivated a Posh Corner of Britain," 5 Aug. 2019 Part of that bulge is the surge of baby boomers who are traveling, often to far-flung destinations. — Los Angeles Times, "Does your foreign destination require travel insurance? Increasingly, yes," 26 July 2019 Brick-sized blocks of Libyan dinars bulge from suitcases or are spirited away in wheelbarrows. — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, "What’s for sale at this outdoor market? Cold, hard cash," 11 July 2019 And while the Morgan Stanley’s of the world were reportedly wining and dining early employees set to benefit from the recent IPO boom, the bulge bracket wealth managers typically require that clients have a certain level of liquidity. — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, "Wealth Advisory Platform SecFi Closes $6 Million Funding Round," 19 July 2019