: overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
felt bloated from eating too much
a bloated body
—often used figuratively to describe something as having grown excessively largea bloated budget
a bloated bureaucracy
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Examples of bloated in a Sentence
I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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At nearly three hours, the anthology film was divisive: Some hailed its scabrous take on human nature as brilliant, and others derided it as bloated.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 May 2024
Maryland’s education funding follies need a timeout and the first place to look is bloated superintendent salaries.
—David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 May 2024
Maryland’s education funding follies need a timeout and the first place to look is bloated superintendent salaries.
—David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bloated
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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