bigger
In addition to the idiom beginning with bigger
- bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
also see:
- eyes are bigger than one's stomach
Words Nearby bigger
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How to use bigger in a sentence
The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton | Eleanor Clift | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSteiger was nominated, and Richard Burton, and a lot of people in bigger movies.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, their love story faces an even bigger threat—his abduction by the Nusra Front.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe thinks if you add up the above the line you'll see that 50 gets you the slightly bigger movie with more action and 45 won't.
Inside Sony’s ‘Pineapple Express 2 Drama’: Leaked Emails Reveal Fight Over Stoner Comedy Sequel | William Boot | December 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The four largest banks are nearly 40 percent bigger today than they were just five years ago,” she observed.
"This toadstool is growing bigger all the time," Grandfather Mole explained.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyHe had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingAnd from my roost I could note the passing of anything bigger than a buffalo yearling, within a radius of at least six miles.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairWell, we must try our luck with a regulation sabre; they can't well refuse it; ours is the stronger and bigger man.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe value of the bigger supply as a total would actually be less than that of the smaller.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
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