bulkier

Example Sentences

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Machines capable of taking glass are significantly more expensive and bulkier than those used for plastic bottles and cans.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Experts say the deeper issue is that Japanese consumer tastes, which have long favored compact cars suited for denser urban environments, are poorly reflected in American automakers’ bulkier product lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

In a non-polar solvent like methylcyclohexane, chlorophyll derivatives with smaller second-generation dendrons were stacked into helical fibers, while those with bulkier, third-generation dendrons remained in smaller, disc-shaped aggregates.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Yet there is a good reason why patients like the 45-year-old Australian builder were willing to try the bulkier, more intimidating CPAPs.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2023

It even covers his head, and there is a glass mask for his eyes—like the wet suits skin divers wear in cold water, only looser and bulkier.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien