bulged

past tense of bulge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulged
Verb
  • His bones visibly protruded from his thin skin, according to court documents.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tupac unlocked the front door and poked his head inside.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The singer Sombr even poked fun at the concept in the middle of a concert this year.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Simpson has burst onto the scene in his first year as the Alabama starter after taking over for Jalen Milroe.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • About 700,000 years later, the strait burst open again, and a brutal megaflood filled the Mediterranean in a matter of months.
    Big Think, Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Doors being locked and customers needing to be buzzed in.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But even as the house buzzed with happiness, Shannel was battling a nagging headache.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The back yard brimmed with raucous laughter and talk of high-school sporting successes and the tribulations of the Dallas Cowboys.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, his monologue brimmed with humanity.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Bulged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulged. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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