bloated

Example Sentences

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"The transaction signals a new lease of life for a business that was bloated with debt and struggled with low growth," said AJ Bell head of markets Dan Coatsworth.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Departing selectboard member Andrea Miles said South Hadley’s budget isn’t bloated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

She’s prescribed semaglutide for weight loss by her primary care physician, but six months later, she is nauseated most mornings, bloated after small meals, and losing an amount of weight she didn’t intend to lose.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

"One of my most frequent tics is I clench my stomach and that makes me inhale air, which means that I'm constantly bloated," Smith says.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

There was Lieutenant Scheisskopf with his fanaticism for parades and there was the bloated colonel with his big fat mustache and his fanaticism for retribution, and they wanted to kill him, too.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller