How to Use bloat in a Sentence

bloat

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• But the outlet says West is still bloating his net worth.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2020
• These foods can cause your body to hold onto water and bloat your face.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• This causes the entire star to bloat out into what’s known as a red giant.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2019
• Our sails bloat as wind hauls us toward the harbor, and Father readies himself to dock.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 2 July 2019
• However, like the unravelling of Star Wars, bloat began to seep in to the health care system.
  — Amit Phull, STAT, 23 Dec. 2019
• Apple’s macOS does tend to produce a lot of log files and system caches that can bloat and take up a lot of storage space.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• 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
• As is often the case, the scale of the obsession (as well as the responding compulsions) can bloat and expand over time.
  — Sadhbh O'Sullivan, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• Imagine your body bloated with water, floating down the Danube.
  — Emi Nietfeld, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
• Plus, the high-rise style is good for managing bloating that comes along with your period.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 9 Mar. 2023
• 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
• According to the news report, the doctor noticed that the girl's stomach was bloated and that was cause for concern.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 12 June 2019
• If that’s you, the milk sugar can sit in your gut where bacteria feast on it, causing excess, smelly gas and bloating.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 19 Sep. 2023
• While some people may see an effect on their appetite in as little as a few days, others may be bloated for the first two weeks.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• Can non-alcoholic beer cause bloating in the same way regular beer does?
  — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 31 Aug. 2023
• For many women, the end of periods — and cramps, bloating and PMS-ing — is something to celebrate!
  — Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2019
• But that was four years ago, so inflation should bloat those projections a little.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 11 June 2021
• 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
• How to reduce bloating Lifestyle changes can help to prevent bloating from happening in the first place.
  — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Any bloating this could cause is then counteracted by the antioxidants in the green tea.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023
• The animal was found in a bedded position near the base of a tree, its body bloated, according to a DNR report.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2020
• Both forms are effective, but some may increase gas and bloating more than others.
  — Casey Seidan, Ms, Rdn, Cdn, Health, 27 June 2023
• Disruptions in the production and shipping of grains and cooking oils due to the war in Ukraine continue to bloat the cost of food globally.
  — CNN, 5 Oct. 2022
• The Phillies raced to the division lead despite Harper’s May slump and Nola’s bloated earned-run average.
  — Scott Lauber, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
• This effect can cause bloating, discomfort, a sensation of fullness, and most of all, a desire to burp.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• Have you ever been bloated while wearing tight pants with no stretch and sitting in an uncomfortable chair for that long?
  — Gray Chapman, SELF, 26 Jan. 2019
• They have been promoted as cure-alls for everything from diarrhea to bloating to brain fog to even autism.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
• If it is used in excess, side effects such as bloating or diarrhea may still result.
  — Jamie Pitlick, Quartzy, 3 July 2019

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bloat

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• In the eyes of the district, though, there’s no greater bloat than the health benefits.
  — Michael Finch Ii, sacbee, 4 June 2019
• Here, the line between depth and bloat never comes close to fine.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2020
• Welcome to the season of the big bloat; the car bumper era of accessories.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
• But there is not the same bloat that plagues Netflix or even Prime Video.
  — Vulture, 7 July 2022
• These are the favorites that remain a touchstone in the face of Peak TV bloat.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2020
• The location of the bloat can tell you where the process needs improvement.
  — Ray Makela, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• 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
• This is where the bloat started to settle into the series.
  — Elise Favis, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
• Thomas Hardy’s rewrite: Where’s the flesh of the tender Dorset cow, whose herd is dying of bloat?
  — Marti Trgovich, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
• At the time the leading variants from the likes of Samsung and Sony were well versed in adding countless apps and bloat to the code.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• Once the three are stable, Tucker will get to reunite with his bloat.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2022
• 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
• And indeed, the athletes were there — beneath the glittery bloat.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• The good news is once the bloat subsides, your weight will most likely return to normal.
  — Women's Health, 12 July 2023
• The family get-together marked the first time dad, Tucker, has been with the full bloat since the birth of Fritz on Aug. 3.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Torn up beside the road,/ a bloat of skin and fur./ Afloat in bathtub, clean,/ blue-lipped, forgiven.
  — Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2018
• There’s evidence of a good album somewhere within the hour-and-a-half long bloat that is For All the Dogs.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• And the president also is taking steps to reduce the bloat.
  — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2018
• The schools took the money to the bank, and this helps explain administrative bloat.
  — WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
• Cutting bloat is one way to help, but closing the commissaries is a hit below the belt.
  — WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• Learn more about endometriosis bloat and what can be done to get relief from it.
  — Claire Young, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Thanksgiving leftover recipes that help beat the bloat.
  — NBC News, 30 Nov. 2020
• After seven or eight – or 12 – courses, a bit of bloat is likely to set in.
  — Bill Carter, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
• 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
• In the operating room, Ho carved out a piece of Livie’s skull, four inches wide and six long, to give her brain more space to bloat.
  — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
• There’s minimal bloat—except the 12 Google apps you can’t get rid of—and the software is designed to be simple and easy to use.
  — Ben Sin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
• The intake of sweet stuff causes the ants to bloat and have a translucent gusher-like appearance.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
• So even without all the budget bloat, the economy would still be growing well above 3%.
  — Stephen Moore, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018

Last Updated: 6 May 2024