Example Sentences

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The consumer-price index, due out on Tuesday, is forecast to rise a sharp 0.6% in April after a bulging 0.9% increase in March.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

T. Rowe’s Amieva thinks Brazil’s bulging real interest rate creates space for up to five percentage points in cuts.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

A few days later he came in to see that the heads of the barrels were bulging and beer was leaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Publicly-owned Lothian Buses is widely regarded as of the UK's best operators, a point demonstrated by the bulging awards trophy cabinet at its Edinburgh headquarters.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

She obeyed, her gaze fixed on the golden wedgies that slapped the bottom of the woman’s bulging feet as she led the way through a curtain of colored beads to the piano.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord