bulge
noun
a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump.
bulges
Example Sentences
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Yet the main virtues of the sculpture are its forms themselves: the folds, bulges and edges, and the work’s color—off-off-white for the vessel-like part and simple box base with a bulging layer between them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Still, a buildup bulges outside of the golf course, as security holds fans at the entrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Together, they ripped the genre rulebook to shreds, magpie-ing elements of Afrobeat, hip-hop, grime, reggae, Latin, R&B, highlife and jazz to create a sound that bulges with possibility.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
The dance represents this with a long white sheet that bulges as if with bodies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Fruit and coins are strewn by its trunk and the ground around the tree bulges with buried offerings.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
