bloats

Definition of bloatsnext
present tense third-person singular of bloat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloats
Verb
  • Splashdown sends boats careening into a wall of water that drenches riders and onlookers alike, welcome relief in triple-digit heat.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Or, systemic insecticide treatments with dinotefuran or imidacloprid can be used as trunk sprays, trunk injections or soil drenches depending on the label.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The annual SantaCon bar crawl that floods New York City with inebriated young people in Santa suits every holiday season was run by a real-life Grinch, according to federal prosecutors.
    Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Swarm of teens floods DC streets in ‘takeover' However, four individuals were arrested at the nearby Waterfront Metro Station – located outside the city’s curfew zone – by members of the Metro Transit Police.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His 5-foot-10-inch-ish frame fills the net and fear becomes a stranger.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • In Mississippi, a temporary exhibit created specifically for the commemoration -- Mississippi Made -- fills a space that is routinely changed to entice visitors to return.
    GARY FIELDS, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Frances shoves June at Boy Carteret.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Season 2 springboards on Fisk’s strongarm rule and his mandate to clean up the streets of rebels via his brutish Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which rounds up people – echoing recent INS maneuvers – and shoves them into deplorable conditions and cages.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Montgomery County loads up on snacks and dessert to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary.
    Kim Hudson, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Brandon builds a fire, loads the smoker with hot charcoal, puts the pig in, and then pulls the tenderloin only a few hours into the cooking process; Sieger puts the pig in first, then gently raises the temperature, and does not pull the tenderloin separately.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Though the darkness of the material never swamps the comedy, a balance McGee calibrated deliberately — less interested in the whodunit than in the women fumbling through it.
    Kennedy French, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The repairs should keep water from damaging the telescope, as cold, wet and windy weather arrives and swamps the Bay Area into next week, potentially bringing snow to Mount Hamilton.
    Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Calling the deal off also squashes a host of questions Netflix insiders had about how HBO and Netflix would realistically co-exist in the same company, another staffer said.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Bloats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloats. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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