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

Luggage in the first half of the 20th century was much weightier and bulkier, designed for people with the means to have helpers carry their luggage for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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

And they could be selectively bred, producing larger fruits and seeds and bulkier muscles to eat.

From Salon • May 6, 2024

The robots resembled Roz, but they were bigger and bulkier and shinier.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown