How to Use bloat in a Sentence

bloat

1 of 2 verb

• These foods can cause your body to hold onto water and bloat your face.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• That process produces gas, which can lead to bloating.
  — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 16 Feb. 2026
• Plus fizzy drinks can cause bloating and burping for some people.
  — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 May 2026
• This causes the entire star to bloat out into what’s known as a red giant.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2019
• But even as budgets bloat and savings rates shrink, recession fears have yet to bear fruit.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• These include bloating, gas, cramping, and more.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
• Quickly boosting your fiber intake may lead to bloating.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 7 Aug. 2025
• There’s a herd of dinosaur mobs, bloated with essence, between you and the three-vs-three teamfight.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 27 May 2020
• Can non-alcoholic beer cause bloating in the same way regular beer does?
  — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 31 Aug. 2023
• But that was four years ago, so inflation should bloat those projections a little.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 11 June 2021
• Both forms are effective, but some may increase gas and bloating more than others.
  — Casey Seidan, Ms, Rdn, Cdn, Health, 27 June 2023
• Plus, the high-rise style is good for managing bloating that comes along with your period.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 9 Mar. 2023
• Consuming a large amount of salt (sodium) is a common cause of bloating.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2025
• Consuming a large amount of salt (sodium) is a common cause of bloating.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2026
• But the bloating, weight gain and fatigue continued.
  — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
• Colon cancer pain often feels like cramping, bloating, or a dull ache in the abdomen or back.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Oct. 2025
• Consuming too much fiber in one sitting can cause bloating and cramping.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 June 2026
• There’s also complicity among peers not to call out task bloating for fear they’d all be asked to do more.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
• It’s not known if probiotics help with bloating from other health problems.
  — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
• Imagine your body bloated with water, floating down the Danube.
  — Emi Nietfeld, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
• Standard size is 12 ounces ($5-$8), not a pint, leading to less bloat and more room for food.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• If it is used in excess, side effects such as bloating or diarrhea may still result.
  — Jamie Pitlick, Quartzy, 3 July 2019
• However, bloating can have many root causes.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
• While travel and food may be synonymous, bloating doesn’t also have to be part of the equation.
  — Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Our sails bloat as wind hauls us toward the harbor, and Father readies himself to dock.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 2 July 2019
• Twenty feet below, a dead garter snake lie bloated in a mud bath, attracting flies in a macabre welcome.
  — Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
• While the paramedics tried to decide whether to walk around or step over the stinking trash, a neighborhood’s shock began to bloat.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• Symptoms such as bloating, belching, and nausea can occur when food stays in your stomach too long.
  — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 22 Dec. 2025
• Eating too many chia seeds may cause stomach upset, bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 27 Oct. 2025
• Eating too many chia seeds may cause stomach upset, bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2026

bloat

2 of 2 noun

• If not, the weight of bloat will take us all under.
  — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• Here, the line between depth and bloat never comes close to fine.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2020
• Low-fat dairy, plus nuts, and seeds can also help give you a bloat-busting boost.
  — Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2018
• With that growth came a lot of acquisitions and bloat.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
• Learn more about endometriosis bloat and what can be done to get relief from it.
  — Claire Young, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
• Brave, about the condition and her top tips for handling the bloat.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
• In the eyes of the district, though, there’s no greater bloat than the health benefits.
  — Michael Finch Ii, sacbee, 4 June 2019
• The staff-to-faculty ratio has soared over the past few years, and that’s bad bloat.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
• Painful bloat set into my upper abdomen.
  — Jessie Rosen, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• No need to add a ton of bloat to your computer just to get a couple of new features.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 29 June 2021
• Welcome to the season of the big bloat; the car bumper era of accessories.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
• Once the three are stable, Tucker will get to reunite with his bloat.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2022
• The location of the bloat can tell you where the process needs improvement.
  — Ray Makela, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• But there is not the same bloat that plagues Netflix or even Prime Video.
  — Vulture, 7 July 2022
• The good news is once the bloat subsides, your weight will most likely return to normal.
  — Women's Health, 12 July 2023
• Getting back into your normal food and sleep routines will help shed the bloat from salt, grease and booze.
  — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
• And indeed, the athletes were there — beneath the glittery bloat.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• Now residents are being hit with new taxes and higher fees to pay for that bloat.
  — Mark Powell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
• Which leads some critics to complain of bloat, while others, like me, feel like the app is full-featured.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Apr. 2022
• Cutting bloat is one way to help, but closing the commissaries is a hit below the belt.
  — WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• The movie struggles to resolve its black-comedy impulse with its bloat.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• After seven or eight – or 12 – courses, a bit of bloat is likely to set in.
  — Bill Carter, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
• Trying to pack too much tech into one product is the hallmark of feature bloat, which can drive some users away.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
• So even without all the budget bloat, the economy would still be growing well above 3%.
  — Stephen Moore, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018
• The intake of sweet stuff causes the ants to bloat and have a translucent gusher-like appearance.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
• No open-world adventure game has ever done so much to fix the genre's issues of bloat and aimlessness.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2022
• Watching Batman in our current era of superhero bloat is a trip.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 16 June 2023
• The schools took the money to the bank, and this helps explain administrative bloat.
  — WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
• These are the favorites that remain a touchstone in the face of Peak TV bloat.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2020
• Its later bloat tells the story of how digitization ate the world.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 3 June 2019