bulge
noun
a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump.
bulges
Example Sentences
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Unlike the familiar bulges associated with communication sites, these swellings were not synapses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Her prose has an apt amount of literary embellishment: Jaguars are “light-footed dancers” and a snake bulges “like Saint-Exupéry’s hat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The downdrafts can become so severe that air is forced beneath the cloud, creating large bulges of air and water droplets.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
You get a sense of his vertical straightaways and of the tasteful, nose-shaped bulges on a slate piece called “Gregory.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Her arms and legs are like sticks, but her stomach is fat and bulges out like she is pregnant.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
