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bulgy

[buhl-jee] / ˈbʌl dʒi /






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Mazie was my sweet girl, a jaunty caramel-colored spaniel with bulgy brown eyes that radiated love, even in her final days when she fell almost every time she tried to stand.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2025

“About 34 percent of the gargoyles have proptosis — you know, bulgy eyes — which goes along with hyperthyroid,” she says with a chuckle.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2022

“Same old green-looking thing if you ask me. Same bulgy eyeballs. Same stupid thing around his neck”

From Washington Times Sep. 8, 2017

Alternately bulgy and sleek, hairy and shticky, they make for often-amusing company, even if this time Zoe Saldana, as Gamora, the green-skinned Amazon with grave daddy issues, feels more sidelined than before.

From New York Times May 4, 2017

I wear my new snowsuit, my skirt wrapped around my legs and stuffed down into the bulgy legs of the snowpants, which whisk together as I walk.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

I sit in the bathtub, scraping away at my calves, which I wish were thicker, bulgier, like the calves of cheerleaders, while my brother mutters outside.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

He is very like the late Emperor of the French; but his forehead is bulgier.

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John

William can carry any number of things in his pockets without making his figure look any bulgier or more unsymmetrical than usual.

From Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel by Kilpatrick, Florence A. (Florence Antoinette)




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