How to Use bulk in a Sentence

bulk

1 of 3 noun

• We spent the bulk of the summer at the beach.
• Despite his bulk, he's a very fast runner.
• Farming makes up the bulk of the country's economy.
• The great bulk of these people are extremely poor.
• Time to buy wine in bulk, team.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• Most of the wine is sold in bulk.
  — Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Messages like this go out in bulk.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• They’ve been paid the vast bulk of their salary for the year anyway.
  — Stephen Whyno, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
• Shopping in bulk can save you a ton of money.
  — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
• Not a bad thing, given its purpose and bulk.
  — New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
• Too much size for Aliceville, not just height but bulk as well.
  — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 3 Mar. 2023
• When the dough is doubled in bulk, lightly flour the counter.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• That kind of judgment doesn't arrive in bulk.
  — Daniel Gumucio, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• That's the beauty of buying them in bulk!
  — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
• It’s made from a soft knit fabric that’s warm without bulk.
  — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
• Beshey hauled him to the front yard, having to set him down once because of his bulk.
  — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026
• Players from both teams got shots up to stay warm as a bulk of fans beelined for the bars.
  — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
• Clarified butter can be made in bulk and stored in the fridge for up to six months.
  — Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
• Buying Velcro in bulk helps too.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
• Retail traders bought in bulk, driving the price up, then refused to sell.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
• Pea gravel is cheapest when purchased in bulk.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
• The Nets handed it over in bulk and lived with the consequences.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
• Fortunately, these are sold in bulk for anglers who go through a ton of them.
  — David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
• In other cases, consumers are buying in bulk to save per unit.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
• This mini version has a slim profile that won’t add bulk to your carry-on.
  — Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
• This mini version has a slim profile that won’t add bulk to your carry-on.
  — Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
• Have an extensive spice collection or tend to buy in bulk?
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
• Buy Protein in Bulk Buy in bulk and stock up on frozen sale items.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 15 May 2026
• Get bangs like no other and still avoid bulk with the help of lightening layers.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• Since his death, the family has been emptying them out in bulk.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026

bulk

2 of 3 verb

• To the west, the ice sheet bulked vast and gray behind the peaks.
  — Paul Voosen, Science Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
• Just bulk those puppies out, stop wasting your time.
  — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
• The big guys could bulk up even more, leaving Sprint looking that much scrawnier.
  — Scott Canon, kansascity.com, 1 May 2017
• The court bulked the suspension to 90 days.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
• This chili is packed with three types of beans that bulk it up without having to buy a lot of pricey meat.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
• It can be added to meat dishes like kibbeh and meatloaf to boost nutrition and bulk them up.
  — Katie Workman, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
• Dark rocks bulked silent and swift past the window, and the wheels clocked away like the cogs of a gigantic clock.
  — Sylvia Plath, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2018
• Blending banana to the chocolate mix is good too to bulk it up without adding a lot of calories.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 21 June 2018
• Finish with shredded cheese, crispy bacon, diced ham, shredded chicken, or crispy pancetta to bulk it up to a main course.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
• Rather than trim the bloat in state enterprises, the president is bulking them up.
  — Andrew Browne, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
• On the boot version, the upper is bulked-up to boot-height, with extra padding around the collar for comfort.
  — Jake Woolf, GQ, 27 Mar. 2018
• Add shredded chicken to bulk it up further, or finish it with a dollop of sour cream, some fresh cilantro, or a bit of shredded cheese.
  — Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
• Facebook has bulked up this service, giving you the ability to make phone calls, hold video chats, send money and other things.
  — Kim Komando, Fox News, 27 May 2017
• Finally, iPhone and iPad users can now bulk rename and delete tags in the Reminders app.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Apr. 2022
• As his character spends more time in prison, Ahmed bulks up—and then trims down once his character starts using heroin.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 26 June 2017
• Montgomery checks in at six feet tall, and bulked up this offseason, weighing in at 223 pounds at the start of training camp.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• Like steroids do for humans, antibiotics such as tetracycline can bulk some animals up more quickly.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
• Among other things, existing headsets have narrow fields of view, and the batteries, which bulk them up, don’t hold their charge for very long.
  — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2018
• Others have turned to community WeChat groups to try to bulk buy fruit and vegetables.
  — NBC News, 6 Apr. 2022
• How to bulk up in the offseason when testing is limited or disappear for a few weeks to a remote locale where testers can’t find them.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 July 2017
• Pomerantz and Torres are up for the challenge of bulking up the branches of the spider family tree.
  — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 15 Dec. 2016
• At the same time, several drug dealers said in interviews, domestic dealers turned to fentanyl as a cheap way to bulk out thin wares.
  — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
• The Instant Pot can steam a bulking batch of heavy veggies in about that time, too, and with quicker cleanup, reports Buzzfeed.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 1 Feb. 2017
• Foreign box-office results often rely on a strong Chinese turnout and, as such, the country is bulking up its own repository of films.
  — Yohana Desta, vanityfair.com, 12 May 2017
• YouTube is also adding a tool to let creators bulk add or remove non-skippable ads and to track audience engagement and revenue flow from videos that include those types of ads.
  — Shannon Liao, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2018
• His steals total was a bit misleading, and Kansas coach Bill Self will need to bulk him up and teach him more consistent defensive habits.
  — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
• Another quick fix for my eating plan from Vitti was to bulk up my breakfast by adding a serving of (good) fat and vegetables to my eggs in order to keep me full until lunch.
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 June 2017
• The deal would combine the nation’s third- and fourth-largest wireless companies and bulk them up to a similar size to Verizon and AT&T, the industry giants.
  — Washington Post, 12 June 2018
• The deal would combine the nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless companies and bulk them up to a similar size to Verizon and AT&T, the industry giants.
  — Mae Anderson, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
• But one subject that likely will bulk large in the July seminar is how to cope with rapidly growing efforts by the Chinese Navy to find, fix and defeat undersea warships in its marginal seas.
  — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 22 June 2021

bulk

3 of 3 adjective

• They sent bulk shipments of food to the country.
• Freeze bulk items such as flour.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
• Freeze bulk items such as flour.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
• There were eight open bulk bags of food in the dry storage area.
  — Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
• Plus, the wider base offers more room for bulk shopping.
  — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026
• There doesn’t have to be an outright ban on bulk billing to set the stage for its demise.
  — Janus Norman, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
• Soon, some of the empty bulk fuel tanks started to lift and tilt.
  — Will McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
• An open bulk container of salt was found on top of the bulk ice machine.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• For an extra kick, sub your regular bulk sausage for hot ground pork sausage.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2023
• Current bulk trash and brush pick-up dates and recycling dates will not change.
  — al, 19 Oct. 2022
• Fiber adds bulk, while drinking plenty of fluids keeps your stool soft.
  — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
• But what about the etiquette behind bulk gift-buying?
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2025
• There will be a citywide bulk brush collection.
  — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
• This includes garbage, recycling, yard waste and bulk waste.
  — Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
• Open cups were seen on the cooks area and metro shelf above bulk bins, according to the report.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• There was a broken and open bulk bag of salt under the prep table next to the main cook line.
  — Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025
• Floor area ratio measures bulk, not merely height.
  — Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• Want even more breathability and less bulk?
  — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
• One carton of eggs was stored directly on one pack of bulk sugar.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
• The clubs have long been known as a place to buy cheaper gas or bulk packs of household staples for less.
  — Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
• Set your washer to the bedding or bulk cycle if your unit has one of those options.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
• Search tools and bulk data sets are up for grabs and can be used to target any online account.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
• The club later open a storefront for bulk foods on 16th and P streets.
  — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
• The camera’s bulk and long exposure time required a give-and-take.
  — Christopher Ross, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
• The micro pixie cut shines on straight to wavy hair and anyone who wants low bulk but high impact.
  — Jennifer Hussein, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
• It was converted to a bulk freighter in 1869.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
• This includes big cuts of meat, bulk produce, double batches of soups, and more.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2022
• Foods high in fiber help push bulk through the intestines, reducing bloating.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Perfect for layering in winter months, these tights add warmth — not bulk — to any look.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
• Blocks of the city where bulk debris from the fire has been collected are shown a map on the city website.
  — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023