fatten

Example Sentences

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He was a skinny teenager told to go to buy milkshakes to "fatten him up".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Neither did the temporary suspension of export taxes for grain dealers, which generated dollar inflows but didn’t fatten the bank’s war chest because there was also lots of peso selling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

They’re both hatched upstream and, as kids, fight their way past bullies down to the ocean, where they fatten up on marine nutrients not available in freshwater.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

The Katmai brown bears are famous for standing at Brooks Falls, catching sockeye salmon in their mouths to fatten up for the winter.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

“In that new Chevy. But she’s expecting to feed you lunch before you go. It’s her last chance to fatten you up before you leave Mississippi” He grinned.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe