bloated

Example Sentences

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It’d be shocking if this thing isn’t a bloated, exhausting mess, with the plot stretched way beyond its limits.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

But he quickly moves on to discuss bloated, overfunded companies without much consideration of the great businesses that never got started because someone lacked access to capital and connections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Mass layoffs, while painful for employees, have previously been greeted by investors as sensible cuts to a bloated workforce.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 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

He held back even then until the bloated colonel with the big fat mustache whirled upon him savagely with a purpling face, and then he offered the explanation that made him immortal.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller