1
: swelling or thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface : protuberant
bulging eyes
bulging muscles
2
: swollen with contents
bulging pockets
a bulging wallet
There were cardboard boxes piled up on the curb along with four bulging black plastic bags.—
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Late Thursday night, the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection released its final report, a bulging 845-page account of a months-long effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
—Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
One of the cockeyed squid's eyes is big, bulging and yellow.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2017
Bubbling up and around these walls are 1,062 triangular glass panes shaped to look like a bulging, misshapen geodesic dome.
—Kelly Crow, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
Belle broke into the most famous flex in Cleveland history, showing a bulging bicep to the Red Sox dugout.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
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Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
One of the cockeyed squid's eyes is big, bulging and yellow.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2017
Bubbling up and around these walls are 1,062 triangular glass panes shaped to look like a bulging, misshapen geodesic dome.
—Kelly Crow, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
Belle broke into the most famous flex in Cleveland history, showing a bulging bicep to the Red Sox dugout.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
See All Example Sentences for bulging
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“Bulging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulging. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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