bloated

adjective bloat·ed \ ˈblō-təd \

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: bloated in a Sentence

Definition of bloated

: 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 large

a 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

Recent Examples of bloated from the Web

The administration describes Trump's new rules, issued in May, as an effort to streamline a bloated bureaucracy and improve accountability within the federal workforce of 2.1 million.

— lisa rein, Anchorage Daily News, "New curbs on federal unions begin to take effect," 9 July 2018
The administration describes Trump’s new rules, issued in May, as an effort to streamline a bloated bureaucracy and improve accountability within the federal workforce of 2.1 million.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Trump’s confusion about Bush’s slogan illustrates his narrow view of the presidency," 9 July 2018
For the transformation to succeed, Saudi Arabia must slash its bloated bureaucracy and find jobs for Saudis in the private sector.

— margherita stancati, WSJ, "Saudi Arabia’s Economic Revamp Means More Jobs for Saudis—If Only They Wanted Them," 19 June 2018
This agreement was replicated across multiple industries, and forms the basis of our present patchy, bloated, inefficient, expensive health-care industry.

— WSJ, "Tax-Free Health Spending Is Only the Start," 5 July 2018
Increasingly, says Ms Bijapurkar, a single salary is not enough to balance the bloated household budget.

— The Economist, "Culture and the labour market keep India’s women at home," 5 July 2018
Then, unscrupulous legislators, led by Lake County’s state former senator and now Supervisor of Elections Alan Hays, hijacked the money to feed bloated state bureaucracy, pay off state debt and keep the corporate welfare flowing.

— lauren ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Environment, voters score big win over contemptuous legislators," 29 June 2018
While seemingly innocuous — another extension of a bloated award show that probably needs more subtraction than addition — this is clearly a signal that the Academy is trying to catch up to the times.

— jonny coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: Unpacking the Politics of the 2019 Grammy Changes," 27 June 2018
The snake was reportedly found nearby with a bloated stomach.

— National Geographic, "Python Swallows Woman Whole—What Experts Say About the Rare Attack," 18 June 2018

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