Example Sentences

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When I leaned in to examine a complex knot of bulbed seaweed and blue twine, a tufted stem snagged my sweater, as if to say, Pick me.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Dove was garrulous, indolent, complaining, and boastful, but it hurt Johnny when the other boys bulbed him and his masters beat him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The cans in the galley floor did not look in any way salvable and even in the locker there were some that were badly rusted and some that wore an ominous bulbed look.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy