body building
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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During the 1980s, it was used as a sleep aid and a supplement for body building.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2020
Aside from the lean-and-mean Norwegian men’s team, these generally aren’t athletes who will show up in body building magazines.
From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2018
Sumo wrestler Osunaarashi was a large, muscular Egyptian teenager with a passion for body building when a friend recommended he try the ancient Japanese sport of sumo.
From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2014
Judge John Woodcock ruled that sleep deprivation, stress, dehydration and ingestion of body building supplements contributed to Stansberry’s break, which lasted several days.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2011
They are not a necessary part of the plan of body building especially recommended in this volume, but are presented merely as a valuable means of varying your efforts in working for increased vitality.
From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr
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