bulge
noun
a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump.
was bulging
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past progressiveof bulge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But after noticing that Molly's fontanelle - the soft spot on the top of her head - was bulging when she was 12 weeks, a doctor in A&E diagnosed a large brain tumour.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
His foot had turned the wrong color and a large vein on the inside of his leg was bulging and visible just under his skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
“A weekly, and it was bulging with advertising. They literally, I think, didn’t have enough editorial content to put between the ads.”
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
Some were concerned that the Doppler shifts were from stellar pulsations, rather than orbital motion; maybe the surface of 51 Peg was bulging out, then sinking back with a regular rhythm.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
But apparently the procedure was struggling against a gluttonous appetite, because she was bulging in all the wrong places.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
